The role of bronchoscopy in the diagnosis and management of pediatric pulmonary tuberculosis

Bronchoscopy is useful as a diagnostic and therapeutic procedure in children with Tuberculosis (TB) disease complicated by airway obstruction. It is needed in children when surgical intervention may be required for airway compression, when drug resistance is suspected, and to rule out an alternative...

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Main Authors: Pierre Goussard, Francois Retief, Jonathan Burke, Annemie Malherbe, Jacques Janson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2021-08-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/20499361211037168