Respiratory Bacterial Culture Sampling in Expectorating and Non-expectorating Patients With Cystic Fibrosis

• Principais autores: Hanneke Eyns (Autor), Denis Piérard (Autor), Elke De Wachter (Autor), Leo Eeckhout (Autor), Peter Vaes (Autor), Anne Malfroot (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Frontiers Media S.A., 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Purpose: Different respiratory sampling methods exist to identify lower airway pathogens in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), of which bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), and expectorated sputum are considered the "gold standard." Because BAL cannot be repeated limitless, the diagnosis of lowe...