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2211. Impact of Early Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy on Microbiological Diagnostic Rate and Clinical Outcomes of Pneumonia in Acute Leukemia Patients

BACKGROUND: Fiberoptic bronchoscopy with BAL (FOB) remains the cornerstone in the diagnosis of pneumonia in immunocompromised patients; however, there is no uniform agreement on the best timing for FOB, and its impact on microbiological diagnostic rate and clinical outcome has not been established....

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Autores principales: Sakurai, Aki, Bala-Hampton, Justin E, Mulanovich, Victor E, Wierda, William G, Cortes, Jorge E, Adachi, Javier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6809712/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1889