Scientific correspondence highlights the utility of bronchial lavage in bronchiectasis management, indicating inflammatory endotyping expands diagnostic scope beyond microbiology.
Extract We would like to thank L. Nguyen-Ho and Q-K. Tran-Le for their insightful comments on our study regarding the clinical impact of bronchoscopy in bronchiectasis management [1]. Their highlights regarding the potential role of bronchial lavage (BL) in inflammatory endotyping beyond microbiology are both timely and highly relevant.
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