Adequately washed bronchoscope does not induce false-positive amplification tests on bronchial aspirates in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis

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Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 774-781

  Shim, Tae Sun ^a   Hyun, Sook Chi ^a   Sang, Do Lee ^a   Woo, Sung Kim ^a   Dong, Soon Kim ^a   Won, Dong Kim ^a   Koh, Younsuck ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Direct amplification test; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ACCURACY; ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BRONCHOSCOPE; CLEANING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISINFECTION; ENDOSCOPE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMEAR;

EID: 0036210495     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.121.3.774     Document Type: Article

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