The total number of leukocytes recovered by lavage is determined ... response of bronchoalveolar mononuclear cells to specific agents is a useful diagnostic test; a well-studied example is chronic ...

Methods: Non-bronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) samples were taken from 47 infants (24 born at term and 23 born preterm) who were ventilated for RSV positive bronchiolitis and 10 control ...

Private labs across India offer this testing, with prices ranging from Rs 3,000 to Rs 8,000 for an HMPV-specific RT-PCR test. Prominent labs, including Dr Lal PathLabs, Tata 1mg Labs, and Max ...

The recent HMPV cases were identified in Nagpur, following the previous day's reports of two cases in Bengaluru, as well as ...

Although the radiologic findings of exogenous lipoid pneumonia on HRCT, such as low-attenuation opacities, can be suggestive, definitive diagnosis often requires confirmation through bronchoalveolar ...

Subcutaneous recombinant human GM-CSF is a novel treatment for PAP, but its mechanism of action is unclear. Methods: Clinical, functional, and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) findings were prospectively ...

For more severe cases, it can be done using saline rinses at home or during surgery. Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL): This procedure, performed during a bronchoscopy, involves introducing saline into ...

Although it is a strength that latent tuberculosis was diagnosed using a tuberculin skin test in every child and an interferon gamma release assay ... and acid-fast bacilli were also detected by ...

2.5 Protein concentrations and cell counts in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) The left lung was lavaged with 3 mL of pre-cooled ... Normality was assessed using the Shapiro-Wilk method, and ...