Fiberoptic bronchoscopy in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. 1980

S K Sarkar, and G S Sharma, and P R Gupta, and R K Sharma

Fiberoptic bronchoscopy was performed in 30 cases of suspected pulmonary tuberculosis. Sputum was negative for tubercle bacilli in all the patients, but in specimens obtained at bronchoscopy tubercle bacilli were found in 86.6%. By postbronchoscopy sputum smear examination tubercle bacilli were detected in 73.3% of the cases.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D009169 Mycobacterium tuberculosis A species of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria that produces TUBERCULOSIS in humans, other primates, CATTLE; DOGS; and some other animals which have contact with humans. Growth tends to be in serpentine, cordlike masses in which the bacilli show a parallel orientation. Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv
D001999 Bronchoscopy Endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the bronchi. Bronchoscopic Surgical Procedures,Surgical Procedures, Bronchoscopic,Bronchoscopic Surgery,Surgery, Bronchoscopic,Bronchoscopic Surgeries,Bronchoscopic Surgical Procedure,Bronchoscopies,Surgeries, Bronchoscopic,Surgical Procedure, Bronchoscopic
D005260 Female Females
D005336 Fiber Optic Technology The technology of transmitting light over long distances through strands of glass or other transparent material. Fiber Optic Technologies,Optic Technologies, Fiber,Optic Technology, Fiber,Technologies, Fiber Optic,Technology, Fiber Optic
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013183 Sputum Material coughed up from the lungs and expectorated via the mouth. It contains MUCUS, cellular debris, and microorganisms. It may also contain blood or pus. Sputum, Induced,Induced Sputum,Induced Sputums,Sputums,Sputums, Induced
D013997 Time Factors Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations. Time Series,Factor, Time,Time Factor
D014397 Tuberculosis, Pulmonary MYCOBACTERIUM infections of the lung. Pulmonary Consumption,Pulmonary Phthisis,Pulmonary Tuberculoses,Pulmonary Tuberculosis,Tuberculoses, Pulmonary,Consumption, Pulmonary,Consumptions, Pulmonary,Phthises, Pulmonary,Phthisis, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Consumptions,Pulmonary Phthises

Related Publications

S K Sarkar, and G S Sharma, and P R Gupta, and R K Sharma
July 1990, Southern medical journal,
S K Sarkar, and G S Sharma, and P R Gupta, and R K Sharma
September 1981, Tubercle,
S K Sarkar, and G S Sharma, and P R Gupta, and R K Sharma
April 1979, The American review of respiratory disease,
S K Sarkar, and G S Sharma, and P R Gupta, and R K Sharma
April 1988, Zhonghua jie he he hu xi za zhi = Zhonghua jiehe he huxi zazhi = Chinese journal of tuberculosis and respiratory diseases,
S K Sarkar, and G S Sharma, and P R Gupta, and R K Sharma
September 1982, Tubercle,
S K Sarkar, and G S Sharma, and P R Gupta, and R K Sharma
June 2012, BMC infectious diseases,
S K Sarkar, and G S Sharma, and P R Gupta, and R K Sharma
January 1986, Plucne bolesti : casopis Udruzenja pneumoftiziologa Jugoslavije = the journal of Yugoslav Association of Phthisiology and Pneumology,
S K Sarkar, and G S Sharma, and P R Gupta, and R K Sharma
January 2003, Tuberkuloz ve toraks,
S K Sarkar, and G S Sharma, and P R Gupta, and R K Sharma
March 1989, Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet,
S K Sarkar, and G S Sharma, and P R Gupta, and R K Sharma
December 1991, The Medical journal of Malaysia,
Copied contents to your clipboard!