Diagnostic utility of bronchoalveolar lavage in children with complicated intrathoracic tuberculosis.

Savvas AndronikouRoland CroucampCorne BoschAnne-Marie DemersJulie MorrisonLunga MfingwanaMegan PalmerMarieke M van der ZalmSven O FriedrichJacques T JansonAndrew C WhitelawSavvas AndronikouAnneke C HesselingElisabetta WaltersElisa Lopez-Varela

Published in: Pediatric pulmonology (2021)

In children undergoing bronchoscopy for complicated PTB, Xpert testing of BAL had a high diagnostic yield in children already on antituberculosis treatment. Bronchoscopy should be considered if noninvasive respiratory specimens fail to confirm complicated TB.

Keyphrases

young adults
mycobacterium tuberculosis
human immunodeficiency virus
smoking cessation
hiv infected
drug induced
antiretroviral therapy
fine needle aspiration
ultrasound guided