Multiplex PCR of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in children enhances the rate of pathogen detection
Abstract Background Culturing of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid is a commonly used method for pathogen detection in pneumonia. However, the sensitivity is low, especially in patients pre-treated with anti-infective agents. The early detection of a pathogen is crucial for the outcome of respirato...
Main Authors: | Eva Tschiedel, Arkadius Goralski, Jörg Steinmann, Peter-Michael Rath, Margarete Olivier, Uwe Mellies, Tanja Kottmann, Florian Stehling |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
BMC
2019-07-01
|
Series: | BMC Pulmonary Medicine |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-019-0894-7 |
Similar Items
-
Effect of exogenous surfactant on Paediatric Bronchoalveolar lavage derived macrophages’ cytokine secretion
by: Lyné van Rensburg, et al.
Published: (2019-12-01) -
Comparative study between different methods of aliquots suction during bronchoalveolar lavage
by: Mohammad S. Soliman Atta, et al.
Published: (2016-06-01) -
Utility of bronchoalveolar lavage in the management of immunocompromised patients presenting with lung infiltrates
by: Randall Choo, et al.
Published: (2019-02-01) -
Diagnostic discrepancy between bronchoalveolar lavage and transbronchial biopsy from bronchoscopies of HIV patients with pneumonia: toward an integral diagnosis
by: Sánchez-Cabral O, et al.
Published: (2018-07-01) -
Performance and immune characteristics of bronchoalveolar lavage by research bronchoscopy in pulmonary tuberculosis and other lung diseases in the Western Cape, South Africa
by: Carly Young, et al.
Published: (2019-06-01)