Diagnostic Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Immunosuppressed Patients With New Pulmonary Infiltrates
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Differential cytology of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in immunosuppressed children with pulmonary infiltrates.
OBJECTIVE Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is a well established technique for the detection of pathogens in immunosuppressed children, but its diagnostic yield is variable. The aim of this study was to investigate whether BAL differential cell counts are helpful in the evaluation of pulmonary infiltrates in immunocompromised children. STUDY DESIGN BAL was performed 28 times in 27 febrile immunoc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Mayo Clinic Proceedings
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0025-6196
DOI: 10.1016/s0025-6196(12)60108-6