Bronchoscopic assessment of airway involvement in children presenting with clinically significant airway obstruction due to tuberculosis

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1000-1007

  Goussard, Pierre ^a   Gie, Robert P ^a   Kling, Sharon ^a   Andronikou, Savvas ^b   Lucas, Susan ^b   Janson, Jacques ^c   Roussouw, Gawie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

airway obstruction; bronchoalveolar lavage; flexible bronchoscope; lymph node disease; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PREDNISONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; FLEXIBLE BRONCHOSCOPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFANT; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; TUBERCULOSIS;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; FLEXIBLE BRONCHOSCOPE; LYMPH NODE DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84884152658     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.22747     Document Type: Article

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