[Uncomplicated bronchial tuberculosis].
Thirty four cases of uncomplicated bronchial tuberculosis proved by fiberobronchoscopy (FB) and operation in recent ten years were reported. The total diagnostic yield of FB was 85.6%. The preliminary results revealed some new characteristics of uncomplicated bronchial tuberculosis during antituberculosis chemotherapy era: uncomplicated bronchial tuberculosis accounted for great proportion among bronchial tuberculosis; the involvement of middle and lower bronchi was more common; positive rate of sputum smear for AFB was low. Among the fibrobron choscopic manifestations, the percentage of proliferative lesions in bronchi was high.
Qu
J M
JM
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Medical University.
He
L X
LX
Hu
B J
BJ
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D001995:Bronchography; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis*