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Disease bronchiectasis
Phenotype C0041296|tuberculosis
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PubMedID- 20808698 Among 151 patients in group 3, 94 had pulmonary tuberculosis as the cause of hemoptysis, 36 had bronchiectasis, 14 had lung cancer, and seven had other diseases (4 with pneumonia, 1 with a lung abscess, 1 with coagulopathy due to coumadin medication, and 1 with pulmonary infarction) (table 1).
PubMedID- 21217924 The importance of lung damage after respiratory infections, such as pneumonia, pertussis, measles, and tuberculosis, as a cause of bronchiectasis is difficult to estimate, but is still the most common cause in developing countries.2,8 in this study, although 40 patients (43%) had post-infectious bronchiectasis, no predisposing factors were found in 21 patients with the exclusion of tuberculosis (n=17) and cytomegalovirus infection (n=2), and a considerable number of patients with bronchiolitis obliterans and interstitial lung disease showed such findings.
PubMedID- 23402622 Pulmonary involvement of the infectious agent mycobacterium tuberculosis can lead to bronchiectasis and, ultimately, pulmonary destruction and fibrosis if left untreated [5,6], as seen in our patient.
PubMedID- 23390158 Background: bronchiectasis in tuberculosis (tb) is usually considered chronic traction bronchiectasis associated with healed scars.

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