The accuracy of ultrasound-guided lung biopsy pathology and microbial cultures for peripheral lung lesions

Lung nodules and lung consolidation are common manifestations of respiratory diseases, and many lung lesions require pathological examinations and cultures to clarify the cause and pathogen. It is important to know whether the lesion is malignant and the pathogen of the infectious disease before a clinical treatment is decided upon. Imaging-guided percutaneous lung biopsy, endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)-guided lung biopsy, bronchoscopy transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) and thoracoscopy lung biopsy are important methods in the diagnosis of lung lesions. In comparison to other methods, imaging-guided percutaneous lung biopsy is minimally invasive, safe and can obtain tissue from inside the lesion directly. With the development of imaging technology, the space resolution of computed tomography (CT) and ultrasound (US) have improved greatly, and these two methods are widely applied in clinical practice to guide lung biopsy