Pediatric Patients and Diagnostic Thoracentesis: Utility for Identifying a Microorganism and Guiding Patient Management

Radiology. 2020 Nov;297(2):449-450. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2020201511. Epub 2020 Aug 25.

Authors

Paul G Thacker¹, Amy B Kolbe¹, Nathan C Hull¹, Kristen B Thomas¹, Jennifer R Geske¹, Larry A Binkovitz¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Departments of Radiology (P.G.T., A.B.K., N.C.H., K.B.T., L.A.B.) and Health Sciences Research (J.R.G.), Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905.

PMID: 32840471
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2020201511

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Bronchoscopy
Child
Female
Humans
Lung Diseases / microbiology*
Lung Diseases / therapy
Male
Pneumonectomy
Retrospective Studies
Thoracentesis*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents