Rapid mycobacterial tuberculosis detection in bronchoalveolar lavage samples by polymerase chain reaction in patients with upper lobe infiltrates and bronchiectasis.

Tan, Y K

Rapid mycobacterial tuberculosis detection in bronchoalveolar lavage samples by polymerase chain reaction in patients with upper lobe infiltrates and bronchiectasis. [electronic resource] - Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore Mar 1999 - 205-8 p. digital

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Antitubercular Agents--therapeutic use
Bacteriological Techniques
Bronchiectasis--microbiology
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid--microbiology
Bronchoscopy
Endemic Diseases
Female
Humans
Lung--pathology
Male
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium tuberculosis--genetics
Necrosis
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Predictive Value of Tests
Radiography
Sensitivity and Specificity
Sputum--microbiology
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary--diagnosis