Role of bronchoalviolar lavage in pulmonary infections

Lung India

关键词: BAL;    Pneumonia;    Tuberculosis;    Pyogenic;    Gram′;    s staining;    Fungal;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

It was aimed to evaluate the diagnostic utility of bronchoalve Veolar lavage (BAL) from cases of infiltrative diseases of lung admitted at Choithram Hospital & Re-search Centre, Indore (M.P.) during 2003 to 2004. The analysis included gram′s staining, semi quantitative bacterial culture, AFB smear and culture, WBC and dif-ferential count and cytology. The gram′s staining was found to have 83.6% sensitivity as compared to semi quan-titative culture. Colony count> 10,000 / ml was considered as significant and 142 specimens yielded single organism while 56 had poly-microbial infections. Gram-negative bacilli like E.coli, Klebsiella spp. and Pseudomonas aeruginosa formed pyogenic infections. The analysis revealed pyogenic infections in 51%, tuberculosis in 21%, fungal in-fections in 12% and malignancy in 2% cases. Thus, the analysis of BAL specimen is valuable in the diagnosis of infiltrative disorders of lung.

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