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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
4
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1990-4-11
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| pubmed:abstractText |
We review the results of bronchial aspirate culture for mycobacteria sent routinely in a series of 1734 fibreoptic bronchoscopic procedures. The incidence of tuberculosis in the series was 8.3% (144 cases). Of these cases, a positive bronchial aspirate culture was obtained in 119 (82.6%) cases, and it was the exclusive means of diagnosis in 64 (44.4%). In 66% of these cases tuberculosis was not suspected at the time of bronchoscopy. Our results suggest that in an area with a high prevalence of tuberculosis, routine bronchial aspirate culture is a useful adjunct to diagnosis.
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| pubmed:commentsCorrections | |
| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Dec
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| pubmed:issn |
0041-3879
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
70
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
281-5
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2008-11-21
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:2516672-Bacteriological Techniques,
pubmed-meshheading:2516672-Bronchoscopy,
pubmed-meshheading:2516672-Fiber Optic Technology,
pubmed-meshheading:2516672-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:2516672-Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
pubmed-meshheading:2516672-Sputum,
pubmed-meshheading:2516672-Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
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| pubmed:year |
1989
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
The value of routine bronchial aspirate culture at fibreoptic bronchoscopy for the diagnosis of tuberculosis.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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