Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid characteristics in acute and chronic lung transplant rejection
DJ Slebos, DS Postma, GH Koëter… - The Journal of heart and …, 2004 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The detection of graft rejection by bronchoalveolar lavage remains
controversial. METHODS: To assess the value of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in acute and
chronic rejection after lung transplantation we analyzed bronchoalveolar lavage fluid
cellular differential characteristics, lymphocyte sub-types and interleukin-6 (IL-6) and
interleukin-8 (IL-8) cytokine levels in patients with exclusively either acute rejection (n= 37)
or bronchiolitis obliterans (BO; n= 48). Both groups were compared with a control group of …
controversial. METHODS: To assess the value of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in acute and
chronic rejection after lung transplantation we analyzed bronchoalveolar lavage fluid
cellular differential characteristics, lymphocyte sub-types and interleukin-6 (IL-6) and
interleukin-8 (IL-8) cytokine levels in patients with exclusively either acute rejection (n= 37)
or bronchiolitis obliterans (BO; n= 48). Both groups were compared with a control group of …