Diagnosing Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia by cytological examination of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid: report of 15 cases.

Sixty episodes of pneumonia occurring in 53 immunosuppressed patients were investigated by bronchoalveolar lavage. Pneumocystis carinii was diagnosed on 15 (25%) occasions. In all cases the Papanicolaou stained lavage fluid presented a distinctive appearance and contained abundant, often biphasic, s...

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Main Authors: Young, J A, Stone, J W, McGonigle, R J, Adu, D, Michael, J
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1986
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC500188/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2428843
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