Usefulness of bronchoalveolar lavage in suspect COVID-19 repeatedly negative swab test and interstitial lung disease

J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2020 Dec:23:67-69. doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2020.07.030. Epub 2020 Aug 15.

Collaborators:
Alida Albante, Francesco Alessandri, Davide Amore, Marco Anile, Maria Gloria Antognoli, Fabio Araimo Morselli, Daniela Auricchio, Martina Bianco, Federico Bilotta, Lucia Ilaria Birtolo, Matteo Brisciani, Katia Bruno, Maurizio Bufi, Sara Cagnetti, Elena Calzecchi, Alessandro Cappannoli, Carolina Carillo, Romina Casaretti, Carlo Catalano, Paola Celli, Stella Consolo, Claudia Croce, Beatrice Crocitti, Enrica Cuscianna, Federica Gilda D'Agostino, Tiziano De Giacomo, Daniela De Lauri, Francesco De Lazzaro, Maurizio Del Monte, Gabriella D'Ettorre, Valerio Di Bella, Francesco Fedele, Massimo Gentile, Giovanni Giordano, Stefano Ianni, Carmela Imperiale, Fabio Infusino, Cinzia Loiacono, Viviana Maestrini, Eugenia Magnanimi, Federica Maldarelli, Sara Mantovani, Sabina Martelli, Paolo Messercola, Teresa Messina, Emilia Mottola, Valeria Pati, Elisa Pattelli, Filippo Pecorari, Ylenia Pecoraro, Serena Maria Perrella, Mario Piazzolla, Valeria Pietropaolo, Camilla Poggi, Monica Portieri, Fabiola Ratini, Claudia Ricci, Paolo Ricci, Mario Rumori, Gianluca Russo, Pietro Santopietro, Guglielmo Tellan, Luca Titi, Paolo Tordiglione, Antonella Tosi, Silvia Tosti, Fausto Trigilia, Ombretta Turriziani, Paola Vaccaro, Noemi Verduci, Gabriella Vivino

¹ Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation Unit, Sapienza University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Rome, Italy. Electronic address: jacopo.vannucci@uniroma1.it.
² Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, Sapienza University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy.
³ Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation Unit, Sapienza University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Rome, Italy.
⁴ Medical Emergency Unit, Sapienza University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Infectious Disease Unit, Sapienza University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy.
⁶ Microbiology and Virology Unit, Sapienza University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy.
⁷ Cardiology Unit, Sapienza University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy.

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Keywords: Bronchoalveolar lavage; Bronchoscopy; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Interstitial pneumonia; SARS-CoV-2.

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