Low utilisation of bronchoscopy to assess COVID-19 respiratory infection: a multicenter experience

OBJECTIVE: For the diagnosis of COVID-19, the yield of nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs is unclear, and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is obtained to confirm the diagnosis. We assessed the utilisation of bronchoscopy for COVID-19 diagnosis in a multicenter study and compared the diagnostic yield of BAL versu...

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Autores principales: Mahmood, Kamran, Abbott, Matt, Van Nostrand, Keriann, Bechara, Rabih, Gonzalez, Anne V, Brucker, Amanda, Green, Cynthia L, Polage, Christopher R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
Materias:
Respiratory Infection
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8313310/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34301713
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2021-000962

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8313310/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34301713
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2021-000962

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