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  • Title: [Tuberculosis of large bronchi, specific features of course and its clinical significance].
    Author: Ismailov SS.
    Journal: Probl Tuberk; 1997; (4):31-3. PubMed ID: 9333813.
    Abstract:
    The author analyzed the outcomes of treatment of 88 patients with various types of pulmonary tuberculosis, of them 44 (Group 1) were diagnosed as having tuberculosis of the large bronchi (TLB) by bronchoscopy and verified by cytological of morphological studies of biopsy specimens and the other 44 (Group 2) had intact bronchi. TLB occurred in all age groups and in various types of the pulmonary tuberculosis. This complication occurred at the patients" late referral and in the presence of other complications and concomitant diseases. The patients with TLB were found to have slow rates of abacillation and decay cavity closure in the lung, which required more prolonged treatment.
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