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Pilot Project to Assess the Potential Cost-Benefit of a Bronchoscopy Program for the Diagnosis of TB in Uganda

Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: Flexible bronchoscopy is considered an essential diagnostic and therapeutic procedure in pulmonary medicine in high-income countries. TB is the leading infectious killer worldwide, with over 10 million new cases and nearly 1.5 million deaths in 2018.1 Diagnosis of TB requires detection of Mycobacterium TB bacilli, or its DNA, from sputum. However, TB is often difficult to diagnose with conventional sputum-based testing in children and patients with paucibacillary disease. In high-income countries, bronchoscopy is recommended for prompt diagnosis of patients with presumed TB where induced sputum is negative or not available.
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.10.072
Authors: Peter Jackson, Trishul Siddharthan, A. Christine Argento, Ashutosh Sachdeva, Lonny Yarmus, Akshay Gupte, Winceslaus Katagira, Bruce Kirenga, William Worodria, Hans J. Lee
Institutions: Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University, Northwestern University, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Makerere University
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,300
OpenAlex ID: W3096079896
FWCI: 0.06
Cites: 7
Cited by: 2
Related to: 10