Open lung biopsy in bone marrow transplant recipients has a poor diagnostic yield for a specific diagnosis.
Transpl Infect Dis
; 4(2): 80-4, 2002 Jun.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12220244
ABSTRACT
The diagnostic yield of open lung biopsy (OLB) in bone marrow transplantation (BMT) recipients having pulmonary infiltrates has not been evaluated recently. Therefore, we reviewed our 2-year experience (1998-99) with such patients at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. We found 12 BMT recipients who underwent OLB analysis for the evaluation of pulmonary infiltrates. A treatable infectious etiology leading to the initiation or modification of antimicrobial agent administration was found in only two patients having bilateral nodular disease and one having bilateral parenchymal infiltrates. We conclude that OLB in BMT patients having diffuse pulmonary infiltrates has a low diagnostic yield for treatable infectious etiologies.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Biópsia
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Doenças Transmissíveis
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Transplante de Medula Óssea
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Pulmão
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Pneumopatias
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Transpl Infect Dis
Assunto da revista:
TRANSPLANTE
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos