The role of bronchoalveolar lavage in the diagnosis of bacterial pneumonia

scientific article published on October 1995

The role of bronchoalveolar lavage in the diagnosis of bacterial pneumonia is …
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P6179Dimensions Publication ID1002833677
P356DOI10.1007/BF01691489
P698PubMed publication ID8605896

P2093author name stringA Carillo Alcaraz
J M Sanchez Nieto
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P433issue10
P921main subjectbronchoalveolar lavageQ927148
P1104number of pages12
P304page(s)839-850
P577publication date1995-10-01
P13046publication type of scholarly workreview articleQ7318358
P1433published inEuropean Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious DiseasesQ15754378
P1476titleThe role of bronchoalveolar lavage in the diagnosis of bacterial pneumonia
P478volume14

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