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Results of bronchoscopically obtained lower airway cultures from adult sickle cell disease patients with the acute chest syndrome

Michael B. Kirkpatrick, Johnson Haynes, John B. Bass

The American Journal of Medicine · 1991 · 41 citations · 19 references

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Pleural Effusions: The Diagnostic Separation of Transudates and Exudates

Richard W. Light · Annals of Internal Medicine · 1972 · 1.8K citations

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A fiberoptic bronchoscopy technique to obtain uncontaminated lower airway secretions for bacterial culture.

Neil Wimberley, L. Jack Faling, John G. Bartlett · PubMed · 1979 · 410 citations

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Use of a Bronchoscopic Protected Catheter Brush for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Infections

Neil W. Wimberley, John B. Bass, Bill W. Boyd et al. · CHEST Journal · 1982 · 272 citations

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The nonvalue of sputum culture in the diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia.

E Barrett-Connor · PubMed · 1971 · 267 citations

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Microscopic and bacteriological comparison of paired sputa and transtracheal aspirates

Ronald W. Geckler, David H. Gremillion, C. Kenneth McAllister et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 1977 · 238 citations · Full text

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