Diagnostic usefulness of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid xpert MTB/RIF in pauci-bacillary pulmonary tuberculosis

Infect Dis (Lond). 2018 Sep;50(9):725-727. doi: 10.1080/23744235.2018.1467037. Epub 2018 Apr 28.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ a Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center , University of Ulsan College of Medicine , Seoul , South Korea;
² b Department of Infectious Diseases , Daegu Catholic University Hospital , Daegu , South Korea;
³ c Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center , University of Ulsan College of Medicine , Seoul , South Korea.

PMID: 29707989
DOI: 10.1080/23744235.2018.1467037

No abstract available

Publication types

Evaluation Study
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / microbiology*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Molecular Diagnostic Techniques* / standards
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification*
Republic of Korea
Retrospective Studies
Sensitivity and Specificity
Tertiary Care Centers
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis*
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / microbiology
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / pathology