Diagnostic value of bronchoalveolar lavage in children with nonresponding community-acquired pneumonia

• Main Authors: Chih-Min Tsai (Author), Kin-Sun Wong (Author), Wei-Ju Lee (Author), Kai-Sheng Hsieh (Author), Pi-Lien Hung (Author), Chen-Kuang Niu (Author), Hong-Ren Yu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized children. In CAP, causative agents are seldom identified using noninvasive diagnostic procedures. For those children not responding to empiric antibiotic therapy, it is vital to identify the causative pat...