Affiliation:
1. Junior Resident -3, MGM Medical College and Hospital, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, Pin Code - 410209
2. Senior Resident
3. Associate Professor
Abstract
Tuberculosis is a disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is a systemic disease, predominantly
affecting the lungs. Globally, tuberculosis affects around 10.4 million people per year, and kills around
million of them, with the majority of patients presenting with pulmonary disease. One of the key challenges to global tuberculosis
control is correct diagnosis. The diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis can be obtained from microscopy and culture of a number
of different sources including expectorated sputum, induced sputum, gastric washings and bronchoscopy. Fiberoptic
bronchoscopy (FOB) can provide an early conrmative diagnosis in such patients. Among the bronchoscopic materials,
bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is the best diagnostic material for the diagnosis of PTB.
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