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A Tuberculosis-associated Endobronchial Polyp That Was Negative for Acid-fast Bacillus

The author reports the case of a patient with a tuberculosis-associated endobronchial inflammatory polyp. Acid-fast bacillus (AFB) staining and culturing of sputum and bronchial washing fluid specimens were negative on three occasions. Biopsy results twice showed chronic inflammation. The patient wa...

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Autor principal: Kim, Eun Jin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6191598/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29709958
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.9573-17