Open lung biopsy in bone marrow transplant recipients has a poor diagnostic yield for a specific diagnosis

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 80-84

  Shaikh, Z H A ^a   Torres, H A ^a   Walsh, G L ^a   Champlin, R E ^a   Kontoyiannis, D P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplant; Diagnosis; Infection; Open lung biopsy; Pulmonary infiltrates

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036618996     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3062.2002.01006.x     Document Type: Article

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