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Culture-Independent Analysis of Pediatric Bronchoalveolar Lavage Specimens
7 Jun 2018
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RATIONALE: The clinical utility of culture-independent testing of pediatric BAL specimens is unknown. In addition, the variability of the pediatric pulmonary microbiome with patient characteristics is not well understood. OBJECTIVES: To compare testing with 16S rRNA gene-based sequencing to conventional cultures of BAL specimens in children Methods: Study subjects were not more than 22 years old and underwent BAL...
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