Rao S
Department of Tuberculosis & Chest Diseases, KMC Hospital, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Trop Doct. 1993 Oct;23(4):170-1. doi: 10.1177/004947559302300411.
The role of bronchial washings in patients with 'suspect' pulmonary tuberculosis was studied in 55 patients. Bronchial washings increased the diagnostic yield of tuberculosis by 28%. It was also able to accurately exclude active tuberculosis in 94% patients. Hence it is inferred that absence of acid-fast bacilli in smears of bronchial washings is equally important to exclude active tuberculosis.
对55例“疑似”肺结核患者支气管灌洗的作用进行了研究。支气管灌洗使结核病的诊断率提高了28%。它还能准确排除94%患者的活动性肺结核。因此可以推断，支气管灌洗涂片未发现抗酸杆菌对于排除活动性肺结核同样重要。
