ArticleBMJ paediatrics open2019
Protracted bacterial bronchitis: bronchial aspirate versus bronchoalveolar lavage findings: a single-centre retrospective study.
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- MicroRNA mapping of bronchial aspirate for molecular phenotyping and prognostication in patients on mechanical ventilation.Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids · 2025Article
- Clinical features and pathogen distributions of microbiological-based protracted bacterial bronchitis in children of different ages in Northeast China.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- Lower airway microbiota in children with Down syndrome compared to controls with similar respiratory symptomatology.Translational pediatrics · 2021Article
- Bronchial Aspirate-Based Profiling Identifies MicroRNA Signatures Associated With COVID-19 and Fatal Disease in Critically Ill Patients.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Article
- Update on protracted bacterial bronchitis in children.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2020Article
- When the Cough Does Not Improve: A Review on Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis in Children.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2020Review
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Abstract
Retrospective chart review of 133 children who underwent bronchoscopy because of possible protracted bacterial bronchitis to compare the results of bronchial aspirates with those of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). When comparing BAL and bronchial aspirate in 70 patients where both samples were available, the result was comparable in 46 cases (65%). If only bronchial aspirates would have been available, seven patients (10%) would have been overtreated, four children (6%) undertreated and three (4%) would have received a different treatment. Although, BAL and bronchial aspirate are comparable in the majority of cases, differences exist with an impact on treatment decision, underlying the uncertainties in the pathophysiology of protracted bacterial bronchitis.
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