Definition and diagnostic criteria of bacillary-negative tuberculosis

  Diagnostic definition of bacillus-negative tuberculosis: bacillus-negative tuberculosis is tuberculosis with three sputum smears and one negative culture.  The diagnostic criteria are: 1. Typical clinical symptoms of TB and chest x-ray performance.  2. Effective anti-tuberculosis treatment.  3. Other non-tuberculous lung diseases can be excluded clinically.  4. Strongly positive PPD (5TU); positive serum anti-tuberculosis antibody.  5, sputum TB bacilli PCR + probe test is positive.  6.Extrapulmonary histopathology confirmed tuberculosis lesion.  7.BALF detects acid-resistant branching bacilli.  8.Bronchial or pulmonary histopathology confirmed tuberculosis lesion.  The diagnosis can be confirmed by having 3 of items 1 to 6 or any 1 of items 7 to 8.