Routine culture for tuberculosis during bronchoscopy for lung cancer is not warranted

Journal of Bronchology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 236-240

  Rubins, Jeffrey B ^a,b   Bofenkamp, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Pulmonary ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Lung neoplasms; Mycobacteria; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0033509613     PISSN: 10708030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00128594-199910000-00002     Document Type: Article

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