Rapid diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis via fibreoptic bronchoscopy: Utility of polymerase chain reaction in bronchial aspirates as an adjunct to transbronchial biopsies

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 815-819

  Wong, C F ^a   Yew, W W ^a   Chan, C Y ^b   Au, L Y ^b   Cheung, S W ^b   Cheng, A F B ^b  

^a GRANTHAM HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 0031827481     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(98)90382-1     Document Type: Article

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