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Comparison of bronchoscopic washing and gastric lavage in the diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis.
South Med J
February 2009
Chest Diseases Department, Sureyyapasa Teaching and Research Hospital for Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey.
Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic contribution and utility of bacteriologic surveys using bronchoscopic washing and gastric lavage in cases of radiologically suspected tuberculosis with no detectable acid-fast bacilli (AFB) in the sputum.
Material And Methods: This prospective study performed bronchoscopic lavage following gastric washing in suspected pulmonary tuberculosis patients. The presence of AFB was determined via direct microscopy and materials were cultured in Löwenstein-Jensen medium.