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Respiratory virus detection in nasopharyngeal aspirate versus bronchoalveolar lavage is dependent on virus type in children with chronic respiratory symptoms

BACKGROUND: The comparative yield of respiratory virus detection from nasopharyngeal aspirate (NPA) versus bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is uncertain. Furthermore, the significance of virus detection and its relationship to lower airway neutrophilic inflammation is poorly studied. OBJECTIVES: To eval...

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Autores principales: Wurzel, Danielle F., Marchant, Julie M., Clark, Julia E., Mackay, Ian M., Wang, Claire Y.T., Sloots, Theo P., Upham, John W., Yerkovich, Stephanie T., Masters, I. Brent, Baker, Peter J., Anderson-James, Sophie, Chang, Anne B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Published by Elsevier B.V. 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7173340/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24125830
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2013.09.016