To the editor: Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in pediatric cystic fibrosis (CF): Its clinical use modified by audit in a regional CF center [2]

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 234-

  Furness, John C ^a   Habeb, Abdul ^a   Spencer, David A ^a   O'Brien, Christopher J ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPUTUM CULTURE; TRACHEOMALACIA;

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM;

EID: 0036183626     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.10052     Document Type: Letter

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3. Bronchoalveolar lavage or oropharyngeal cultures to identify lower respiratory pathogens in infants with cystic fibrosis
4. Flexible fibre optic bronchoscopy in the management of lung complications in cystic fibrosis
5. Early bacteriological, immunological, and clinical courses of young infants with cystic fibrosis identified by neonatal screening