Open AccessStudy of bronchoalveolar lavage in clinically and radiologically suspected cases of pulmonary tuberculosis
Author(s) -
Usha Kalawat,
Kanchan Sharma,
Prakash N. R. Reddy,
A Gururaj Kumar
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.68307
Subject(s) - medicine , sputum , bronchoalveolar lavage , bronchoscopy , tuberculosis , pulmonary tuberculosis , sputum culture , acid fast , gastroenterology , pathology , surgery , lung
About 30 to 50 % of pulmonary tuberculosis patients have sputum report negative for acid fast bacilli or present with no expectoration. A lot of research is going on to find methods to establish early and accurate diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) as institutions of early treatment can have significant effects on morbidity and mortality of patients and also the development of MDR-TB. Samples other than sputum play an important role in the diagnosis of disease in such patients.