Abstract:Bronchoalveolar lavage, bronchial brushing and transbronchial biopsy are of
fundamental importance in the diagnosis of pathologies affecting the lungs of
immunosuppressed patients, especially those infected with HIV. This was a
descriptive and retrospective study, in which the results of bronchoalveolar
lavages, bronchial brushings and transbronchial biopsies of HIV-positive
patients attended at the Clinical Hospital of the Federal University of
Triangulo Mineiro from 1999 to 2015 were reviewed to determine th… Show more
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