Gastric lavage is better than bronchoalveolar lavage for isolation of mycobacterium tuberculosis in childhood pulmonary tuberculosis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1992, Pages 735-738

  Abadco, Douglas L ^a   Steiner, Phillip ^a  

^a University Hospital of Brooklyn   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Gastric lavage; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIMARY TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH LAVAGE;

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRIC LAVAGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0026730386     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199209000-00013     Document Type: Article

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