Do additional colonoscopic biopsies increase the yield of Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture in suspected ileo-colonic tuberculosis?

Vatsal MehtaDevendra DesaiPhilip AbrahamTarun GuptaCamilla RodriguesAnand JoshiRamesh DeshpandePrabha SawantMehgraj InglePravin RathiAmeet Mandot

Published in: Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology (2018)

Additional four (total eight) colonoscopic biopsies improved the yield of TB culture positivity over four biopsies by 11.4% to 14.3%, to 52.8%; this increase is clinically useful.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
pulmonary tuberculosis
ultrasound guided
pulmonary embolism
emergency department
hepatitis c virus
adverse drug