Bronchoscopy guided by high-resolution computed tomography for the diagnosis of pulmonary infections in patients with hematologic malignancies and normal plain chest X-rays

Haematologica

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 961-966

  Ramila, E ^a   Sureda, A ^a   Martino, R ^a   Santamaria, A ^a   Franquet, T ^a   Puzo, C ^a   Montesinos, J ^a   Perea, G ^a   Sierra, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; High resolution computed tomography; Pulmonary infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPENIA; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033786608     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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