Abstract:

Objective To summarize the clinical features of bronchial tuberculosis and improve the understanding of bronchial tuberculosis.Methods Data of 344 patients with bronchial tuberculosis diagnosed after bronchoscopy at the Jiangmen City Tuberculosis Control and Prevention Center in Guangdong Province from Nov. 2011 to Dec. 2018 were collected. Demographic characteristics, symptoms, chest CT findings and characteristics of the first bronchoscopy result were summarized.Results Clinical features of 344 patients with bronchial tuberculosis were: (1) age distribution, the highest proportion of patients were in the 20-29 age group (25.58%, 88/344). (2) The clinical symptoms were mainly cough and expectoration (87.50%, 301/344). (3) Most patients suffered with symptom duration >3 months (40.99%, 141/344). (4) Lesions were mostly located in the right upper lobe (33.14%, 114/344) of lungs. (5) Most common findings of chest CT were lung cavities (36.63%, 126/344). (6) The most common type of bronchoscopy classification result was inflammatory infiltration (86.92%, 299/344).Conclusion The bronchial tuberculosis happened more in young people, symptoms last for a long time, and there was no specific clinical symptoms. The most common lesions were in the right upper lobe bronchus. Chest CT usually found cavities. The most common bronchoscopy result was inflammatory infiltration type of tuberculosis.

Key words: Tuberculosis, Bronchial disease, Signs and symptoms, Diagnostic techniques and procedures, Disease attributes, Data interpretation,statistical