Infantile endobronchial tuberculosis

Abstract

Endobronchial tuberculosis (TB) is a specific form or complication of pulmonary tuberculosis. We report four infants with endobronchial TB presenting with secondary complications such as obstructive emphysema and atelectasis and their response to appropriate anti-tuberculous therapy (ATT) with steroid treatment. Early diagnosis and prompt treatment before the development of fibrosis is important to prevent complications such as bronchiectasis.

Keywords

• Anti-tuberculous therapy
• bronchoscopy
• bronchostenosis
• endobronchial tuberculosis
• infants