The benefit of taking a control sample when performing bronchoalveolar lavage

Thorax

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 990-

  Linnane, Barry ^a,b,c,d   Clarke, Donna ^b   Murray, Paula ^e   O'Sullivan, Niamh ^e   Dunne, Colum ^c   McNally, Paul ^b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b The National Children's Research Centre   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^d Study of Host Immunity and Early Lung Disease in CF (SHIELD CF)   (Ireland)

^e OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BRONCHOSCOPE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONTROL LAVAGE; COUGHING; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LAVAGE; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LAVAGE; MEDICAL ERROR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; CASE REPORT; DEVICES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOSCOPES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84942089368     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207319     Document Type: Letter

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