Diagnostic Utility of Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Patients with Acute Leukemia under Broad-Spectrum Anti-Infective Treatment

Diagnostic Utility of Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Patients with Acute Leukemia under Broad-Spectrum Anti-Infective Treatment

Despite therapeutic advances in the prevention and treatment of febrile neutropenia, acute leukemia (AL) patients still have considerable febrile neutropenia-related mortality. However, the diagnostic yield of flexible bronchoscopy (FB) and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in acute leukemia patients is...

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Main Authors: Susanne Ghandili, Philipp H. von Kroge, Marcel Simon, Frank O. Henes, Holger Rohde, Armin Hoffmann, Nick Benjamin Lindeman, Carsten Bokemeyer, Walter Fiedler, Franziska Modemann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-06-01
Series:Cancers
Subjects:
acute leukemia
pneumonia
flexible bronchoscopy
bronchoalveolar lavage
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/14/11/2773

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