Diagnostic yield of bronchoscopic sampling in febrile neutropenic patients with pulmonary infiltrate and haematological disorders

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 536-541

  Seneviratna, A ^a   O'Carroll, M ^a   Lewis, C A ^a   Milne, D ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopic sampling; Febrile neutropenia; Haematological disorders; Pulmonary infiltrate

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG MYCOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHIZOMUCOR; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPENIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84861436036     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2011.02643.x     Document Type: Article

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