Role of bronchoalveolar lavage in differentiation between bacterial aspiration pneumonia and gastric aspiration pneumonitis

Background Differentiation between gastric aspiration pneumonitis and bacterial aspiration pneumonia is important and difficult. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in differentiation between them using different biomarkers. Patients and methods Cases were divid...

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Main Authors: Doaa H.H. Elsherbiny, Mohammad E Abo-Shehata, Essam A Elgamal, Magda A Ahmed, Mohamed M Elgamal, Manar A El-Sayed, Dina A Abdalla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2023-01-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
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Online Access:http://www.ejcdt.eg.net/article.asp?issn=0422-7638;year=2023;volume=72;issue=2;spage=160;epage=166;aulast=Elsherbiny