Routine culture for Mycobacterium tuberculosis from bronchoscopy in Taiwan

Respirology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 412-415

  Yang, Chih Jen ^a   Chen, Tun Chieh ^a   Hung, Jen Yu ^a   Lu, Po Liang ^a   Sheu, Chau Chyun ^a   Tsai, Jong Rung ^a   Chong, Inn Wen ^a   Hwang, Jhi Jhu ^a   Huang, Ming Shyan ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMEAR; TAIWAN; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

COLORING AGENT;

BRONCHOSCOPY; COLORING AGENTS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34547431582     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2007.01072.x     Document Type: Article

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