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2998245

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-12-4
pubmed:abstractText
Fifty-two bronchoalveolar lavages (BAL) were performed in order to investigate 46 episodes of pneumonitis that occurred after allogeneic bone-marrow transplantation. No complications have been attributed to this procedure. A specific etiologic diagnosis was obtained in 24 of 46 episodes (52%) by 26 of 52 BAL (50%). Cytomegalovirus (CMV), diagnosed by the presence of typical inclusions, was the pathogen most frequently identified by BAL (13 of 46 episodes) and was associated with other causes of pneumonia in 4 patients. The other causes of pneumonitis diagnosed by BAL were: giant-cell pneumonia: 1, aspergillosis alone: 3, Pneumocystis carinii: 1, Hemophilus influenzae: 3, isolated pulmonary hemorrhage: 3. One false negative (aspergillosis, n = 1) was diagnosed at autopsy. The overall mortality rate of these episodes was 24%. Thus, BAL appears to be a rapid and reproducible diagnostic method for monitoring pneumonitis in grafted patients, particularly CMV pneumonitis, and may avoid the need for surgical biopsy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0003-0805
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
132
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1118-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Diagnostic yield of bronchoalveolar lavage in pneumonitis occurring after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't