Limited role for bronchoalveolar lavage to exclude COVID-19 after negative upper respiratory tract swabs: a multicentre study

Given the strong agreement between negative upper respiratory swabs and BAL, this study suggests that BAL has a limited role in the diagnosis of COVID-19 if thoracic imaging and upper respiratory swabs are concordantly negative https://bit.ly/3gpBC75

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Geri, Pietro, Salton, Francesco, Zuccatosta, Lina, Tamburrini, Mario, Biolo, Marco, Busca, Annalisa, Santagiuliana, Mario, Zuccon, Umberto, Confalonieri, Paola, Ruaro, Barbara, D'Agaro, Pierlanfranco, Gasparini, Stefano, Confalonieri, Marco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Respiratory Society 2020
Materias:
Agora
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7411271/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32764117
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01733-2020

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7411271/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32764117
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01733-2020

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