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Collection of lower respiratory specimen by bronchoscopy for the diagnosis of COVID-19

Bronchoscopy, as an aerosol-generating procedure, is not routinely performed in patients with high-risk of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) owing to potential transmission to healthcare workers. However, to obtain lower respiratory specimens from bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is...

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Autores principales: Ng, Joyce K.C., Ngai, Jenny C.L., Ng, Susanna S.S., Hui, David S.C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7891061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33610783
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.02.066