Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases
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Observational Study
Usefulness of Endobronchial Ultrasound in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy.
There are few published studies about the usefulness of endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The clinical spectrum of likely diseases in this population is varied and differs from patients not infected with HIV. ⋯ The most common infectious diagnoses were tuberculosis, with a higher diagnostic accuracy using EBUS-TBNA than BAL. With malignancies, both EBUS-TBNA and TBB were useful. EBUS-TBNA is a minimally invasive diagnostic tool that should be considered in these patients.
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Editorial Comment
Guidelines for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Everything Flows.