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The clinical impact of pneumocystis and viral PCR testing on bronchoalveolar lavage in immunosuppressed patients()

INTRODUCTION: Pulmonary infiltrates in immunosuppressed patients are common. Yields from bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) has been reported to be between 31 and 65%. The clinical impact of pneumocystis and viral Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing on BAL has not been extensively ev...

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Autores principales: Lachant, Daniel J., Croft, Daniel P., McGrane Minton, Heather, Hardy, Dwight J., Prasad, Paritosh, Kottmann, R. Matthew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7126456/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30509714
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2018.10.021