Utility of microbiological testing of thoracic lymph nodes sampled by endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) in patients with mediastinal lymphadenopathy
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- 作者：Rebecca M. Harrisa ; 1 ; Ramy Arnaouta ; d ; Henry Kozielb ; Erik Folchb ; c ; Adnan Majidb ; c ; James E. Kirbya ; jekirby@bidmc.harvard.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration ; Lymph node ; Microbiology ; Culture
- 刊名：Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：February 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：84
- 期：2
- 页码：170-174
- 全文大小：303 K
文摘
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EBUS-TBNA nonsurgically samples mediastinal and peribronchial lymphadenopathy.
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Routine microbiological testing of EBUS-TBNA samples infrequently aided in diagnosis.
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When suspicion is low, infectious evaluation of these samples may not be necessary.