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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2010, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (12): 821-824.

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Interventional therapy in bronchial tuberculosis

Chen Xiaohong; Lin Wei; Ruan Yan; Wei Shufang; Chen Shuxing; Chen Guohong;   

  1. Fuzhou pulmonary hospital Clinical Teaching Hospital of Fujian Medical University; Fuzhou 350008; China
  • Online:2010-12-15 Published:2011-08-23

Abstract: Objective To evaluate the value of interventional therapy in the treatment of tracheal and bronchial tuberculosis.Methods 60 cases with endobronchial tuberculosis were randomly divided into a therapeutic group(group A,30 cases) or a control group(group B,30 cases) which both groups were treated with 3HRZE(S)/9HRE.Group A was treated with interventional therapy.Results The sputum culture negative conversion rate was 94.4%(17/18)after 2 months' interventional therapy.The rate increased to 100%(18/18)after 12 ...

Key words: tuberculosis, bronchi/therapy, bronchofiberoscope

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