Incremental yield of bronchial washing for diagnosing smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis

Revista de Saúde Pública

Alonso Soto¹  Vilma Acurio¹  Lely Solari¹  Patrick Van Der Stuyft¹ 

关键词: Bronchoalveolar Lavage;    Tuberculosis;    diagnosis;    Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures;    Sensitivity and Specificity;    Lavagem Broncoalveolar;    Tuberculose;    diagnostico;    Tecnicas e Procedimentos Diagnosticos;    Sensibilidade e Especificidade;    Lavado Broncoalveolar;    Tuberculosis;    diagnostico;    Tecnicas y Procedimientos Diagnosticos;    Sensibilidad y Especificidad;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0034-8910.2013047004548

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE To assess the increased diagnostic yield for pulmonary tuberculosis using bronchial washing cultures compared with sputum cultures. METHODS Study conducted with 61 adults in Lima, Peru, from January 2006 to December 2007. The yield of sputum cultures was compared with the yield of acid-fast bacilli smears and cultures of bronchial washing for diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis in suspected cases of clinical tuberculosis with negative acid fast bacilli sputum smears. RESULTS Twenty seven (95%CI 32;58) of the cases were eventually diagnosed with smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis. Bronchial washing samples detected 23 (95%CI 72;99) of the smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis cases compared with 15 (95%CI 37;74) for sputum cultures (p = 0.02). The incremental diagnostic yield of acid fast bacilli smear and culture of bronchial washing specimens over sputum culture was 44% (95%CI 25;65). CONCLUSIONS In function of the epidemiological context and the resources available, bronchoscopy should be deployed as part of a comprehensive work up that optimizes smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis and minimizes risk and costs.

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