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Bronchoscopy following diagnosis with cystic fibrosis.

Hilliard TN, Sukhani S, Francis J, Madden N, Rosenthal M, Balfour-Lynn I, Bush A, Davies JC

Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK. tom.hilliard@ubht.nhs.uk

We recently changed our practice to perform bronchoscopy following diagnosis with cystic fibrosis. On a retrospective review of 25 children, Pseudomonas aeruginosa was detected in bronchoalveolar lavage for the first time in five children (20%) and Staphylococcus aureus in four (16%). Lavage culture was positive in eight of 18 children without respiratory symptoms. This highlights the potential of bronchoscopy following diagnosis, even in asymptomatic children.

Published 26 September 2007 in Arch Dis Child, 92(10): 898-9.
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