Should bronchoscopy be performed in the evaluation of suspected pediatric pulmonary tuberculosis?

Chest

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1604-1608

  Bibi, Haim ^a   Mosheyev, Albert ^a   Shoseyov, David ^b   Feigenbaum, David ^a   Kurzbart, Edna ^b   Weiller, Zeev ^a  

^a BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BIKUR CHOLIM HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Pediatric pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; TRACHEOMALACIA; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 0036433484     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.5.1604     Document Type: Article

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