Value of the polymerase chain reaction method for detecting tuberculosis in the bronchial tissue involved by anthracosis

Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 131-134

  Mirsadraee, Majid ^a   Shafahie, Ahmad ^c   Khakzad, Mohammad Reza ^a,b   Sankian, Mojtaba ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acid fast bacilli; Anthracofibrosis; Anthracosis; Polymerized chain reaction; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHRACOSIS; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHRACOSIS; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84905821267     PISSN: 19446586     EISSN: 19488270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LBR.0000000000000063     Document Type: Article

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