The diagnostic value of bronchoscopy in smear negative cases with pulmonary tuberculosis

Tuberkuloz ve Toraks

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-157

  Araz, Ömer ^a,c   Akgün, Metin ^a   Saǧlam, Leyla ^a   Özden, Kemalettin ^a   Mirici, Arzu ^b  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Faculty of Agriculture   (Turkey)

^c Aziziye Ara tirma Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Diagnosis; Endobronchial; Pulmonary; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHOSCOPY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 47749109880     PISSN: 04941373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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