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299 adult patients who underwent bronchoalveolar lavage procedures, with 81% of specimens collected from…
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May support viral testing to avoid ineffective antibiotics in virus-positive cases; leaves open need for trials before practice change.
In hospitalized adults undergoing bronchoalveolar lavage, the detection of respiratory viruses is associated with respiratory symptoms, an absence of radiological infiltrates, and a poor response to antibiotic therapy.
Garbino et al. (2009) studied this question.
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