Open AccessDiagnostic value of bronchoscopy in sputum-negative pulmonary tuberculosis patients and its correlation with clinicoradiological features
Author(s) -
Sadia Imtiaz,
EnasMansour Batubara
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/atm.atm_487_21
Subject(s) - medicine , bronchoalveolar lavage , sputum , sputum culture , bronchoscopy , tuberculosis , gastroenterology , lung , pathology , retrospective cohort study , mycobacterium tuberculosis , radiology
Tuberculosis (TB) remains endemic in Saudi Arabia. Little local data have been reported on bronchoscopic evaluation of sputum-negative pulmonary TB patients, which poses a significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenge.