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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2018, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (3): 243-246.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6621.2018.03.005

Special Issue: 标准、共识、指南

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Interpretation of clinical diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis case in new national diagnostic standard on pulmonary tuberculosis

Meng-qiu GAO()   

  1. Beijing Chest Hospital,Capital Medical University, the Second Department of Tuberculosis,Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing 101149, China
  • Received:2018-02-05 Online:2018-03-10 Published:2018-05-14
  • Contact: Meng-qiu GAO E-mail:gaomqwdm@aliyun.com

Abstract:

Clinical diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), known as TB cases without pathogenic evidence. Because of lacking typical clinical symptoms, misdiagnosis is not rare in clinical practice. The newly released national standard on Diagnosis for pulmonary tuberculosis (WS 288-2017) sets up a new criteria for clinical diagnosed TB case with consideration of current new diagnostic tools. This paper aims to interpret the new national standard on clinical diagnosed TB case, and provide guidance to clinicians’ routine practice.

Key words: Tuberculosis,pulmonary, Reference standards, Evaluation studies