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vol. 16 no. 4
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- Received September 6, 2020
- Accepted September 13, 2020
- Published online December 18, 2020.
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Vol 16 Issue 4
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Pro: Bronchoscopy is essential for pulmonary infections in patients with haematological malignancies
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- Complications: bronchoscopy is far less risky than many clinicians think
- Bronchoscopy has superior sensitivity and specificity compared with noninvasive modalities
- Getting the diagnosis right early avoids unnecessary and potentially toxic empiric anti-infective therapy, and is associated with decreased mortality
- Multidrug-resistant bacteria are increasingly common and must be identified and targeted for successful outcomes
- Bronchoscopy has a high yield in this population, and frequently leads to a change in anti-infective treatment
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