V obdobju od januarja 1995 do decembra 1996 smopregledali 188 bronhialnih izpirkov 185 bolnikov, pri katerih je obstajal sum, da so zboleli za pljučno tuberkulozo. Mikroskopski pregledi sputumov so bili negativni ali pa bolnik sputuma sploh ni mogel izkašljati. Bronhialne izpirke smo pregledali mikroskopsko, naredili smo TPNK inkužnine zasadili na gojišča.
Between January 1995 and December 1996, 188 BAS from 185 patients, suspected of having active tuberculosis, were examined microscopically for acid fast bacilli (AFB), AT and culture. The sputum smears before fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) were negative or sputum couldn't be obtained.