Given the strong agreement between negative upper respiratory swabs and BAL, we suggest that BAL has a limited role in the diagnosis of Covid-19 if thoracic imaging and upper respiratory swabs are concordantly negative.
Limited role for bronchoalveolar lavage to exclude Covid-19 after negative upper respiratory tract swabs: a multicenter study / Geri, Pietro; Salton, Francesco; Zuccatosta, Lina; Tamburrini, Mario; Biolo, Marco; Busca, Annalisa; Santagiuliana, Mario; Zuccon, Umberto; Confalonieri, Paola; Ruaro, Barbara; D'Agaro, Pierlanfranco; Gasparini, Stefano; Confalonieri, Marco. - In: EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL. - ISSN 0903-1936. - ELETTRONICO. - 56:4(2020), pp. 2001733.--2001733.-. [10.1183/13993003.01733-2020]
Limited role for bronchoalveolar lavage to exclude Covid-19 after negative upper respiratory tract swabs: a multicenter study
Salton, Francesco;Santagiuliana, Mario;Confalonieri, Paola;Ruaro, Barbara;D'Agaro, Pierlanfranco;Confalonieri, Marco
2020-01-01
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