Rapid diagnosis of sputum negative miliary tuberculosis using the flexible fibreoptic bronchoscope.

Acid fast bacilli are seldom identified by direct staining of sputum smears in patients with miliary tuberculosis, so that delays in diagnosis are common. We report 41 patients with miliary tuberculosis who had negative sputum smears and who underwent bronchoscopy, bronchial brushing, and transbronc...

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Publié dans:	Thorax
Auteurs principaux:	Willcox, P A, Potgieter, P D, Bateman, E D, Benatar, S R
Format:	Artigo
Langue:	Inglês
Publié:	BMJ Publishing Group 1986
Sujets:	Research Article
Accès en ligne:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC460430/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3097866/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1136/thx.41.9.681
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