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Fiberoptic bronchoscopy for the rapid diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis

BACKGROUND: This study was aimed to investigate the diagnostic value of fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) with chest high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) for the rapid diagnosis of active pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in patients suspected of PTB but found to have a negative sputum acid-fast bacill...

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Autores principales: Shin, Jung Ar, Chang, Yoon Soo, Kim, Tae Hoon, Kim, Hyung Jung, Ahn, Chul Min, Byun, Min Kwang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3507815/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22726571
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-141