Clinical significance of culture-negative, PCR-positive bronchoalveolar lavage results in severe pneumonia.
Erik E RabinJames M WalterRichard G WunderinkChao QiChiagozie I PickensPublished in: ERJ open research (2023)
Some culture-negative, PCR-positive BAL samples may represent true infection. A subset of patients with a culture-negative, PCR-positive BAL result will have a subsequent BAL culture positive for the organism initially identified by PCR alone. https://bit.ly/3DWoFPo.
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