RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Value of bronchoalveolar lavage in the diagnosis of pulmonary infection in acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
JF Thorax
JO Thorax
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
SP 345
OP 349
DO 10.1136/thx.41.5.345
VO 41
IS 5
A1 M Orenstein
A1 C A Webber
A1 M Cash
A1 A E Heurich
YR 1986
UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/41/5/345.abstract
AB Seventy five patients with pulmonary disease and suspected acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) underwent fibreoptic bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage. Of 54 cases of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, 53 (98%) were diagnosed by bronchoalveolar lavage. Complications were recorded in 12 instances and included pneumothorax in two and transient increase in fever and hypoxaemia in the remainder. Bronchoalveolar lavage is a safe, easy, and effective procedure for diagnosing pneumocystis pneumonia in patients at high risk of AIDS and should be done routinely when fibreoptic bronchoscopy is performed in such patients.