Clinical Usefulness of Fungal Culture of EBUS-TBNA Needle Rinse Fluid and Core Tissue.

Ryoung-Eun Ko Byeong-Ho Jeong Hee Jae Huh Nam Yong Lee Hongseok Yoo Byung Woo Jhun Joungho Han Kyungjong Lee Hojoong Kim O Jung Kwon Sang Won Um

Published in: Yonsei medical journal (2020)

Routine fungal culture of EBUS-TBNA needle rinse fluid is not useful due to the low incidence of fungal infection and high rate of contamination. However, fungal culture of EBUS-TBNA core tissue and needle rinse fluid should be considered in patients with clinically suspected fungal infection.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
cell wall
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risk factors
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