The protected specimen brush technique in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease;El cepillado protegido bacteriológico en pacientes con EPOC severa

Archivos de Bronconeumologia

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 16-19

  Zalacain, R ^a   Achotegui V ^a   Pascal, I ^a   Camino, J ^a   Barron J ^a   Sobradillo, V ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); Protected specimen brush

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CATHETERIZATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHOSCOPY; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA;

EID: 0030641726     PISSN: 03002896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0300-2896(15)30672-4     Document Type: Article

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