Diagnostic value of bronchoalveolar lavage in the subset of patients with negative sputum/smear and mycobacterial culture and a suspicion of pulmonary tuberculosis | Zendy

Mushtaq Ahmad | Zendy; Wanis Ibrahim | Zendy; Sabir Al Sarafandi | Zendy; Khezar S. Shahzada | Zendy; Shakeel Ahmed | Zendy; Irfan Ul Haq | Zendy; Tasleem Raza | Zendy; Mansoor Hameed | Zendy; Merlin Thomas | Zendy; Hisham Swehli | Zendy; Hisham A. Sattar | Zendy

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Diagnostic value of bronchoalveolar lavage in the subset of patients with negative sputum/smear and mycobacterial culture and a suspicion of pulmonary tuberculosis

Author(s) -

Mushtaq Ahmad,

Wanis Ibrahim,

Sabir Al Sarafandi,

Khezar S. Shahzada,

Shakeel Ahmed,

Irfan Ul Haq,

Tasleem Raza,

Mansoor Hameed,

Merlin Thomas,

Hisham Swehli,

Hisham A. Sattar

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2019.03.021

Subject(s) - bronchoalveolar lavage , medicine , sputum , tuberculosis , sputum culture , gastroenterology , bronchoscopy , gold standard (test) , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pathology , lung , immunology

The diagnostic value of bronchoalveolar lavage in patients with negative sputum/smear for tuberculous bacilli has been well studied. However, its value in the subset of patients with both negative sputum/smear and culture is seldom reported.

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