Diagnosing sputum/smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis: Does fibre-optic bronchoscopy play a significant role?

BACKGROUND: Diagnosis of sputum/smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis patients can be both challenging and time consuming with many patients being put on empirical anti-tubercular treatment. Fibreoptic bronchoscopy may provide a confirmative and early diagnosis in such patients. AIMS: To assess the...

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Autores principales: Altaf Bachh, Arshad, Gupta, Rahul, Haq, Inaamul, Varudkar, Hanumant Ganapati
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2893426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20616936
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.63607

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2893426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20616936
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.63607

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