Online ISSN: 2515-8260

To Identify the Sensitivity and Specificity of Fiberoptic Bronchoscope to Diagnose Pulmonary Tuberculosis

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Syed Ahmed Hussain1 , Rajendra Prasad2 , Sachin Kumar 3 , Ved Prakash4 , Pushpendra D. Pratap5 , Sharique Ahmad

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Background: Tuberculosis (TB) has affected humans for most of their history and remains a major cause of mortality in adults worldwide Prevalence of Tuberculosis (TB) has been on a dangerous and positive spike for over a decade and has killed millions of people year on year. Almost, 1.3 million people in 2012 alone lost their lives to TB. As per the massive prevalence of TB, it would be incorrect to say that the disease does not poses like a pandemic. Alongside HIV, it remains a top cause of death from an infectious disease. Hence the present study was planned to evaluate the role of fiberoptic bronchoscopy in sputum negative pulmonary tuberculosis cases.

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