Effect of adding inhalation of sodium bicarbonate 8.4% to the usual treatment on smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis: a prospective controlled study

Effect of adding inhalation of sodium bicarbonate 8.4% to the usual treatment on smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis: a prospective controlled study

Abstract Background Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) lesion is acidic, and changing this acidic pH may affect growth of TB bacilli and response to therapy. We aimed to assess the effect of adjuvant inhalation of sodium bicarbonate (SB) 8.4% on clinical, radiological, and microbiological responses in pati...

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Main Authors: Mohammad K. El-Badrawy, Eman O. Arram, Dina A. Abdalla, Dina Al-Sagheer, Alaa Zahran, Mohammad A. AboElEla, Adel El-Badrawy, Wagdy Amin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-10-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology
Subjects:
drug sensitive
smear positive
sodium bicarbonate
tuberculosis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.4103/ejb.ejb_18_19

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