Molecular diagnostics for bacterial infections in bronchoalveolar lavage – a case-control, pilot study

Molecular diagnostics for bacterial infections in bronchoalveolar lavage – a case-control, pilot study

QUESTIONS UNDER STUDY: The differentiation between infectious and noninfectious pulmonary complications is challenging. Rapid, accurate microbiological results may allow appropriate antibiotic therapy, withholding or adapting antibiotics, and thus reducing costs and risks of empirical antibiotic t...

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Main Authors: Kathleen Jahn, Marko Kuisma, Minna Mäki, Peter Grendelmeier, Hans H. Hirsch, Michael Tamm, Eleni Papakonstantinou, Daiana Stolz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SMW supporting association (Trägerverein Swiss Medical Weekly SMW) 2015-09-01
Series:Swiss Medical Weekly
Subjects:
molecular diagnostics
bacterial infections
bronchoalveolar lavage
PCR
clinical judgment
Online Access:https://www.smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/2081

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