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. 2020 Oct 24;12(10):e11122. doi: 10.7759/cureus.11122

Table 2. Indications of bronchoscopy.

MTB: mycobacterium tuberculosis; FN: febrile neutropenia; HIV: human immunodeficiency viral; ILD: interstitial lung disease.

Indications  
Diagnostic       n=198, N (%)
Respiratory infection 94 (47.5)
- Pneumonia 41 (20.7)
- MTB 53 (26.8)
Pulmonary infiltrate in FN 29 (14.6)
Pulmonary infiltrate in HIV 7 (3.5)
Suspected lung cancer 34 (17.2)
Suspected ILD 12 (6.1)
Hemoptysis 22 (11.1)
Therapeutic n=12, N (%)
Lung collapse 6
Surgical intervention 5
Stridor 1
Aborted  n=6