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MTB: mycobacterium tuberculosis; FN: febrile neutropenia; HIV: human immunodeficiency viral; ILD: interstitial lung disease.
| Indications | Total no.= 198 N (%) | Diagnostic yield n=91 N (%) |
| Pulmonary infiltrate in FN | 29 (14.6%) | 4 (13.8%) |
| Pulmonary infiltrate in HIV | 7 (3.5%) | 6 (85.7%) |
| Suspect ILD | 12 (6.1%) | 7 (58.3%) |
| Suspect Malignancy | 34 (17.2%) | 15 (44.1%) |
| MTB | 53 (26.8%) | 23 (43.4%) |
| Respiratory infection | 41 (20.7%) | 22 (53.7%) |
| Hemoptysis | 22 (11.1%) | 14 (63.6%) |
