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Bronchoalveolar Lavage BAL for Research; Obtaining Adequate Sample Yield
Published on: March 24, 2014
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Parasitic larvae in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in a non-immunocompromised patient
Tarun Kumar1, Tanya Prasad1, Jitendra Singh Nigam2
1Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar, India.
Abstract:
Strongyloides stercoralis is responsible for a significant human parasitic infection known as strongyloidiasis. In addition, pulmonary strongyloidiasis is one of the most critical signs of disseminated strongyloidiasis. In this instance, S. stercoralis was unexpectedly discovered in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.

