Correlation of microbiological yield with radiographic activity on chest computed tomography in cases of suspected pulmonary tuberculosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about the correlation between microbiological yield and radiographic activity, on chest computed tomography (CT), in suspected pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) cases, despite CT being widely used, clinically.

Methods

We used multicenter retrospective data, obtained from medical records, focusing on the diagnostic performance for definite PTB. We categorized patients into four groups, by radiographic activity: definitely active, probably active, indeterminate activity, and probably inactive.

Results

Of the 650 patients included, 316 had culture-confirmed PTB; 190 (29.2%), 323 (49.7%), 70 (10.8%), and 67 (10.3%) were classified into the definitely active, probably active, indeterminate activity, and probably inactive groups, respectively. The corr

SUBMITTER: Ko Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6084932 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature