ARP Atlases. 2007;1:17-47. The total number of leukocytes recovered by lavage is determined by examination of a sample of the pooled fluid with a hemocytometer. The cell counts are most accurate ...

Culture of a bronchial-lavage specimen was positive for a nontuberculous, slow-growing mycobacterium. Staining and culturing were negative for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A course of amoxicillin ...

The specimen bank includes ductal lavage specimens collected at 16 centers in the United States and one in the United Kingdom and also includes blood and urine specimens, for a total of ...

Developed at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, MicroWash is a comfortable and highly sensitive nasal lavage specimen collection device providing a less invasive alternative to nasal swabs.

Torres A, el-Eliary M . Invasive diagnostic techniques for pneumonia: protected specimen brush, bronchoalveolar lavage, and lung biopsy methods. Infect Dis Clin North Am 1998; 12: 703–722.

Lavage specimens were immediately transferred to iced containers and centrifuged within ten minutes. Three smears were prepared from the centrifuged specimens and were placed immediately in equal ...

A variety of pathologic specimens may be obtained from the lung to evaluate non-neoplastic disorders ( Table 2-2). By bronchoscopy one may obtain transbronchial or endobronchial biopsies.

Developed at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, MicroWash is a comfortable and highly sensitive nasal lavage specimen collection device providing a less invasive alternative to nasal swabs. In the ...