The value of flexible bronchoscopy in pulmonary infections of immunosuppressed children.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To demonstrate the value of flexible bronchoscopy (FB) and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) when determining causes of lung infection in immunocompromised children; to investigate differences in causes and radiological features of lung infections following bone marrow transplantation (BMT) compared to other immunosuppressive conditions; to evaluate the reliability of radiological findings when predicting the pathogen. METHODS:We retrospectively evaluated 132 immunosuppressed children who underwent FB and BAL because pulmonary complications between January 1999 and May 2014 at the Hacettepe University Hospital Pediatric Pulmonology Unit. Two groups, Group I (n = 106) and Group II (n = 26), consisted of patients who had primary or secondary immunodeficiency and those who were immunosu

SUBMITTER: Eroglu-Ertugrul NG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7162225 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature