Article
Phenotypic expression of bronchoalveolar lavage cells in lung rejection and infection.
The Annals of thoracic surgery - 1 Apr 1991
Shennib H, Nguyen D, Guttmann R D, Mulder D S
Abstract excerpt
The differentiation of episodes of lung allograft rejection from infection continues to be a problem. Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) has recently gained some success in the diagnosis and management of interstitial lung disease. To assess the usefulness of BAL in differentiating between lung allograft rejection and infection, we examined the differences in cellular subsets of BAL and peripheral blood (PBL) samples...
Topics
- Animals
- Biopsy, Needle
- Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Dogs
- Flow Cytometry
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Graft Rejection
- Lung Transplantation
- Phenotype
- Pneumonia
