Bacteriological profile of bronchoalveolar lavage in children at a university hospital in Brazil

L. Dias (Niterói, RJ, Brazil), L. Santos (Niterói, RJ, Brazil), S. Tinoco (Niterói, RJ, Brazil), P. Soares (Niterói, RJ, Brazil), D. Guedes (Niterói, RJ, Brazil), S. Sias (Niterói, RJ, Brazil)

Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – Epidemiology of paediatric respiratory diseases
Session: Epidemiology of paediatric respiratory diseases
Session type: E-poster session
Number: 3108
Disease area: Paediatric lung diseases, Respiratory infections

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