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Extension of pulmonary tuberculosis after fibreoptic bronchoscopy
J Rimmer1, P Gibson, D H Bryant
1Thoracic Unit, St Vincents Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
Tubercle
|March 1, 1988
Abstract:
Two cases are described in which the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis was suspected on both clinical and radiological grounds. Sputum smear and culture were negative for acid fast bacilli. Consequently a bronchoscopy and bronchial washings from the affected lobe were undertaken. While this procedure achieved a positive diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis, it also resulted in a significant extension of the disease.