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Role of fiberoptic bronchoscopy in the rapid diagnosis of sputum smearnegative disseminated tuberculosis with pulmonary miliary infiltrates.
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DOI 10.5001/omj.2020.05
Contributors
Hussein Al-Adab, Aisha., Author
Publisher
Oman Medical Specialty Board.
Gregorian
2020-01
Language
English
English abstract
Objectives: We sought to evaluate the role of bronchoscopy-related procedures such
as bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), bronchial wash (BW), bronchial brush (B brush),
transbronchial biopsy (TBB), and post-bronchoscopy sputum (PBS), alone or in
combination, in the rapid diagnosis of negative sputum smear disseminated tuberculosis
(TB). Methods: We performed a secondary post hoc analysis of data collected from
our previous study entitled "Disseminated tuberculosis among adult patients admitted
to Hamad General Hospital, Qatar: A five-year hospital-based study" with a modified
objective. Results: We identified 27 patients. BAL fluid was positive for acid-fast bacilli
(AFB) smear in 7/27 (25.9%) patients and were culture-positive for Myobacterium
tuberculosis in 17/27 (63.0%) cases, while BW collections were smear-positive in 9/27
(33.3%) cases and culture-positive for M. tuberculosis in 18/27 (66.7%) cases. TBB
showed caseating granulomas in 10/16 (62.5%) cases and one case of non-caseating
granuloma (6.3%). PBS was positive for AFB in 4/8 (50.0%) patients. The combination
of these procedures enabled us to diagnose disseminated TB rapidly in 22 (81.5%) cases.
Conclusions: Bronchoscopy proved to be an effective method for the rapid diagnosis of
disseminated TB in patients in whom sputum smear microscopy was negative.
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Yousef Khan, F. & Hussein Al-Adab, A (2020). Role of fiberoptic bronchoscopy in the rapid diagnosis of sputum smearnegative disseminated tuberculosis with pulmonary miliary infiltrates. Oman Medical Journal, 35 (1), 514-518.
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