?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Bronchoscopic+evaluation+and+final+diagnosis+in+patients+with+chronic+non+productive+cough+with+normal+Chest+X+ray&rft.creator=Vishnu%2C+SM&rft.creator=Pradeep%2C+NP&rft.creator=Anupama%2C+N&rft.creator=Mithra%2C+PP&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=When+a+proper+detailed+history%2C+clinical+examination%2C+chest+X+ray+and+sputum+analysis+does+not+yield+a+definite+diagnosis+for+the+cause+of+chronic+cough%2C+bronchoscopy+is+indicated.+We+did+a+descriptive+study+among+39+patients+who+underwent+bronchoscopic+evaluation+for+chronic+cough+(more+than+4+weeks)+with+normal+chest+X+ray+and+without+a+prior+definitive+diagnosis.+16+out+of+39+patients+were+diagnosed+to+have+tuberculosis+on+analysis+of+the+bronchial+washings.+6+patients+(66.67%25)+with+left+upper+lobe+mucosal+inflammation+were+AFB+smear+positive.+5+patients+(+31.25+%25)+with+normal+bronchoscopy+were++AFB+smear+positive.4+out+of+5+patients+(80+%25)+with+bilateral+upper+lobe+mucosal+inflammation+were+AFB+smear+positive.+Pulmonary+tuberculosis+can+present+with+chronic+non+productive+cough+and+normal+chest+X+ray.+Bronchoscopy+is+helpful+in+establishing+the+diagnosis.+When+bronchoscopy+shows+bilateral+or+unilateral+upper+lobe+bronchial+mucosal+inflammation%2C+possibility+of+tuberculosis+is+high.+Bronchoscopy+can+be+normal+in+some+patients+with+pulmonary+tuberculosis+with+normal+chest+x+ray+and+chronic+non+productive+cough.+The+key+message+is+that+early+pulmonary+tuberculosis+can+present+with+chronic+non+productive+cough+and+normal+chest+X+ray+without+any+other+symptoms+suggestive+of+tuberculosis.+Bronchoscopy+is+helpful+in+establishing+the+diagnosis&rft.publisher=Dr.+B.S.+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2010-07-30&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7007%2F1%2F2010-2-8.pdf&rft.identifier=++Vishnu%2C+SM+and+Pradeep%2C+NP+and+Anupama%2C+N+and+Mithra%2C+PP++(2010)+Bronchoscopic+evaluation+and+final+diagnosis+in+patients+with+chronic+non+productive+cough+with+normal+Chest+X+ray.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7007%2F