The performance of Xpert MTB/RIF using bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL) for the diagnosis pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) remains unclear. Therefore, a systematic review/meta-analysis was conducted.

OBJECTIVES Fibroblast migration is an initiating step in fibroproliferation; its involvement during acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome remains poorly understood. The aims of this study were: 1) to determine whether bronchoalveolar lavage fluids from patients with acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome modulate lung fibroblast migration; 2) to assess lung fi...

Bronchoalveolar lavage is a useful diagnostic tool in diffuse or disseminated lung malignancies that do not involve the bronchial structures visible by endoscopy. The neoplastic histotype and the intraparenchymal neoplastic growth pattern are good predictors for diagnostic yield; adenocarcinoma, and tumors with lymphangitic or lepidic growth patterns are more easily diagnosed by bronchoalveolar...

Relevance. Pulmonary lesions of infectious etiology in oncohematological children are common and, some cases, may be accompanied by a lethal outcome. When pulmonary tissue on the background hematopoiesis aplasia post-chemotherapy period is shown bronchoscopy to determine genesis identified changes. Aim. To diagnostic value with BAL diseases. Materials and methods. 25 bronchoscopies were perform...

results in total, 261 patients (119 sarcoidosis and 142 non-sarcoidosis ilds) were enrolled. the median (interquartile range) bal cd4/cd8 ratio and lymphocyte fraction were significantly higher in sarcoidosis than in non-sarcoidosis ilds: 3.88 (3.76) versus 0.88 (1.01), respectively, and 20.6 (28.3) versus 6.0 (13.7), respectively. t cell receptor γ delta, cd16+56+, cd103+, cd8+103+, and cd3+16...

Bronchoalveolar lavage was performed on a patient with disseminated strongyloidiasis and 4.5 X 10(7) cells/65 ml of lavage fluid were recovered. Eighty-five percent of cells were polymorphonuclear leukocytes; 15 percent were pulmonary alveolar macrophages. Rhabditiform larvae (1 X 10(4)) were recovered in 65 ml of lavage fluid. This is the first report of bronchoalveolar lavage used in diagnosi...

There is no single cell type present in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid that appears to be predictive for sarcoidosis. However, BAL fluid analysis can be very helpful in the differential diagnosis. A grouping of features, an elevated total cell count, predominantly lymphocytes, together with a nearly normal percentage of eosinophils and polymorphonuclear neutrophils and the absence of plasma...

Bronchoalveolarlavage (BAL) is routinely performed in adults for sampling cellular and biochemical components. Many studies have been performed that have enabled the proposal of recommendations for BAL, methodology and processing, as well as reference values in different clinical settings. In contrast, despite a world-wide increase in the use of BAL in children, including neonates, there are, a...

Bronchoalveolar lavage and bronchial biopsies were performed in 15 patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and 17 control subjects. There was no difference in total cell count, number of lymphocytes, CD4+/CD8+ ratio, or beta 2 microglobulin concentrations in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid between these two groups. Bronchoalveolar lavage IgA concentrations were not increased, but bronchial IgA d...