Impact of emphysema on sputum culture conversion in male patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: a retrospective analysis.

Naoki TakasakaYoshitaka SekiIkumi FujisakiShota UchiyamaSachi MatsubayashiAkihito SatoYumie YamanakaKyuto OdashimaTaisuke KazuyoriAya SekiHiroshi TakedaTakeo IshikawaKazuyoshi Kuwano

Published in: BMC pulmonary medicine (2020)

This study suggests that emphysema poses an increased risk of delayed TCC in PTB. Emphysema detection by CT might be a useful method for prediction of the duration of PTB treatment required for sputum negative conversion.

Keyphrases

pulmonary tuberculosis
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
mycobacterium tuberculosis
lung function
pulmonary fibrosis
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
cystic fibrosis
computed tomography
magnetic resonance imaging
loop mediated isothermal amplification
magnetic resonance
label free
real time pcr
quantum dots