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- Title
Limited value of transbronchial lung biopsy for diagnosing Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease.
- Authors
Sekine, Akimasa; Saito, Takefumi; Satoh, Hiroaki; Morishita, Yukio; Tsunoda, Yoshiya; Tanaka, Toru; Yatagai, Yohei; Lin, Shih‐Yuen; Miyazaki, Kunihiko; Miura, Yukiko; Hayashihara, Kenji
- Abstract
Background and Aims It remains unclear whether transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) is useful for diagnosing Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) lung disease. Methods Thirty-eight consecutive patients with MAC lung disease, who were evaluated with TBLB tissue culture between June 2006 and May 2010, were included. Bronchial washing (BW) and histopathological evaluation were performed in all patients. The positivity rates of BW and TBLB tissue culture, and typical histopathological findings for MAC disease were investigated. Furthermore, all patients were divided into two groups according to the presence of intrabronchial purulent or mucopurulent secretion and the clinical, bacteriological and pathological characteristics were compared between the two groups. Results The positive culture rates of BW and TBLB specimens for MAC were 100% (38 patients) and 28.9% (11 patients). BW materials were much more sensitive for culture positivity than TBLB specimens ( P < 0.0001). Typical pathological findings for MAC disease were present in the TBLB specimens of only 11 patients (28.9%). Intrabronchial secretion was identified in 15 patients (39.5%, secretion-positive group) and absent in 23 patients (60.5%, secretion-negative group). Typical histopathological findings for MAC disease were more common in the secretion-positive group than in the secretion-negative group (53.3% vs 13.0%, P = 0.01), although the radiological classification and smear positivity of BW were not different between the two groups. Conclusion TBLB for pathological and bacterial investigations would provide only a limited value for MAC diagnosis. Moreover, the presence of intrabronchial secretion may be an important manifestation of ongoing airway damage, which would require early treatment.
- Subjects
LUNG biopsy; MYCOBACTERIUM avium; BRONCHIAL infections; HISTOPATHOLOGY; AIRWAY resistance (Respiration)
- Publication
Clinical Respiratory Journal, 2017, Vol 11, Issue 6, p1018
- ISSN
1752-6981
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/crj.12459