Table 2.
Bronchoscopic, histopathologic and microbiologic features of patients
| Types | n (%) | Histopathology of bronchial biopsy |
BL positivity AFB stain Culture |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Edematous,hyperemic |
8 (34.7) |
Caseating Granulomatous Inflammation |
1 (12.5) |
2 (25) |
| Tumorous |
5 (21.7) |
Caseating Granulomatous Inflammation |
1 (20) |
2 (40) |
| Granular |
4 (17.3) |
Caseating Granulomatous Inflammation |
3 (75) |
3 (75) |
| Caseating |
4 (17.3) |
Caseating Granulomatous Inflammation |
1 (25) |
2 (50) |
| Fibrostenotic |
1 (4.3) |
Caseating Granulomatous Inflammation |
0 |
0 |
| Nonspecific Bronchitic |
1 (4.3) |
Caseating Granulomatous Inflammation |
0 |
0 |
| Total | 23 | 6 (26.1) | 9 (39.1) | |
Table 1 legend – AFB, Acid-fast bacilli; BL, Bronchial Lavage.