Fiberoptic bronchoscopy, as a valuable diagnostic option in sputum negative pulmonary tuberculosis: A prospective study

CONTEXT: World Health Organization recommends bacteriological confirmation of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) by the detection of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) in respiratory specimens. However about 40-60% of patients with PTB suspected clinically or radiologically may fail to produce sputum, or when it is...

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Autores principales: Quaiser, Saif, Agarwal, Anil, Khan, Ruhi, Haque, Shahzad F
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3678692/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23776825
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-516X.106355

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3678692/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23776825
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-516X.106355

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