M A Martinez-Garcia, W-J Guan, D de-la-Rosa, R Athanazio, G Oscullo, M-X Shi, P Pujal-Montaña, B N Endlich, S Tiberi, R Centis, G B Migliori
The destruction of lung parenchyma caused by TB can result in pulmonary sequelae that are classified as bronchiectasis due to traction (radiological sequelae), and bronchiectasis persisting with an inflammatory bronchial component and opportunistic bronchial infection. There is a lack of studies that comprehensively analyse whether post-TB bronchiectasis differs in clinical, prognostic or therapeutic aspects from bronchiectasis arising from other aetiologies. However, it has been noted that post-TB bronchiectasis tends to appear more frequently in the upper lung lobes...
March 1, 2023: International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease