Diagnostic value and risk assessment of surgical lung biopsy in immunocompromised patients with pulmonary infiltrates and non-diagnostic bronchoscopy

F. Gambazzi, D. Stolz, L. Bubendorf, A. Gratwohl, D. Lardinois, M. Tamm (Basel, Switzerland)

Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Features of hospital-acquired pneumonia, ventilator-associated pneumonia and infection with other pathogens
Disease area: Interstitial lung diseases, Respiratory infections

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F. Gambazzi, D. Stolz, L. Bubendorf, A. Gratwohl, D. Lardinois, M. Tamm (Basel, Switzerland). Diagnostic value and risk assessment of surgical lung biopsy in immunocompromised patients with pulmonary infiltrates and non-diagnostic bronchoscopy. Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, 2307

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