Open AccessRole of flexible bronchoscopy in patients with sputum-negative pulmonary tuberculosis
Author(s) -
Satyaprakash Sanjeevaiah,
Maruti Haranal,
Shashidhar Buggi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery/indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 0973-7723
pISSN - 0970-9134
DOI - 10.1007/s12055-018-0645-z
Subject(s) - medicine , sputum , tuberculosis , bronchoalveolar lavage , bronchoscopy , sputum culture , histopathology , biopsy , malignancy , pulmonary tuberculosis , gastroenterology , surgery , pathology , lung
Pulmonary tuberculosis is one of the major health concerns in the developing countries. Isolation of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) or tuberculosis bacilli from the sputum is required for the diagnosis. A proportion of suspected pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) cases either clinically or radiologically will not produce sputum or will have sputum negative for AFB. These subsets of cases pose a diagnostic challenge to the treating clinicians. In this study, we present our experience and outcomes with flexible bronchoscopy in patients with sputum-negative pulmonary tuberculosis.