Utility of Bronchoalveolar Lavage for the Diagnosis and Management of COVID-19 in Patients With Cancer.

Alexander FranklinTeny M JohnFareed KhawajaYing JiangEduardo YepezJitesh AhujaSaadia A FaizLara BashouraAjay SheshadriVickie R ShannonDiwakar D BalachandranKelly McConnnull nullVictor E MulanovichMicah BhattiRoy F Chemaly

Published in: The Journal of infectious diseases (2023)

Our discordance rates between NPS and BAL were sufficient to recommend BAL in certain patients with cancer with a high clinical suspicion of COVID-19. BAL has value in identifying alternative etiologies of illness in patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
sars cov
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
oxide nanoparticles