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Respiratory samples Three studies (67 children, eight positive for tuberculosis) used respiratory samples (sputum (phlegm), bronchoalveolar lavage (⁠fluid obtained after washing the airway and lungs), ...

Third, the corticosteroid dose was fixed, as opposed to guided by BAL fluid cytology. Slightly more than a quarter of the patients in our trial (62 [28%] of 218) did not undergo bronchoalveolar lavage ...