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Respiratory Bacterial Culture Sampling in Expectorating and Non-expectorating Patients With Cystic Fibrosis

Purpose: Different respiratory sampling methods exist to identify lower airway pathogens in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), of which bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), and expectorated sputum are considered the “gold standard.” Because BAL cannot be repeated limitless, the diagnosis of lower respirat...

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Autores principales: Eyns, Hanneke, Piérard, Denis, De Wachter, Elke, Eeckhout, Leo, Vaes, Peter, Malfroot, Anne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6305441/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30619797
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2018.00403