A case promoting use of ultrasound-guided sampling techniques to correctly diagnose MDR-TB in children
Koen van Aerde, Erik H.F.M. van der Heijden, S. S. V. Henriet, Peter Merkus, Cecile Magis‐Escurra, Wouter Hoefsloot, Jakko van Ingen, Michiel van der Flier
The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · 2019-02
Abstract
A paediatric case of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in which endo-oesophageal ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration using an endobronchial ultrasound-guided bronchoscope was used to collect a sample for microbial analyses is presented. In our experience, ultrasound-guided sampling techniques, both endo-oesophageal and endobronchial, can be safely used for the diagnosis of paediatric intrathoracic tuberculous lymphadenopathy in children aged 3 years. Interventional pulmonologists with experience in using these techniques should be part of the multidisciplinary team treating these patients.
MeSH terms
- Medicine
- Pulmonologists
- Sampling (signal processing)
- Ultrasound
- Radiology
- Endobronchial ultrasound
- Tuberculosis
- Bronchoscopy