Bronchoscopy in immediate diagnosis of smear negative tuberculosis
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The role of bronchoscopy in diagnosis of tuberculosis in patients with negative smear & culture
tuberculosis (TB) is a serious health problem in the world.in 1990 among 5.5 million population in the world,nearly 7.5 million new cases reported and 3 million patients expired due to this problem.because early detectio of TB is very important ,we decided to evaluate the role of fiberoptic bronchoscopy(FOB) in detection of TB in patients with negative smear and negative culture of sputum.in t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2299-8292,0867-7077
DOI: 10.5603/piap.2014.0053