[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.
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Medical University.
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JM
Qu
L X
LX
He
B J
BJ
Hu
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*