Rapid mycobacterial tuberculosis detection in bronchoalveolar lavage samples by polymerase chain reaction in patients with upper lobe infiltrates and bronchiectasis

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 205-208

  Tan, Y K ^a   Lee, A S G ^a   Khoo, K L ^a   Ong, S Y K ^a   Wong, S Y ^b   Ong, Y Y ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bronchiectasis; Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL); Direct amplification test; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Upper lobe infiltrates

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NECROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0033092201     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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