Bronchoalveolar lavage to diagnose respiratory infections

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 525-533

  Ramírez, Paula ^a   Valencia, Mauricio ^b   Torres, Antoni ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Immunosuppressed; Pulmonary infiltrates; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; VIRUS INFECTION;

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 35648963146     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-991524     Document Type: Article

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