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cord-338351-y1t9emu1	Ora, Josuel	Does bronchoscopy help the diagnosis in Covid-19 infection?	2020-06-11		.txt	text/plain	968	59	46	The diagnosis of COVID-19 is mainly based on typical symptoms, history of exposure to an infected person and bilateral involvement on chest radiographs, and it is confirmed by a positive nucleic acid test for SARS-CoV-2 from numerous types of specimens including Oropharyngeal (OP) and nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs, anal swabs, stool, urine and bronchoalveoalr lavage fluid (BALF) 1,2 . Here we report our experience from a COVID-19 hospital in Rome, Italy, where patients with typical symptoms of the disease, suggestive CT scans and three NP/OP negative swabs performed on consecutive days and IgG and IgM serology negative for SARS-CoV-2 underwent bronchoscopy with BAL to define the diagnostic issue. In conclusion, our findings demonstrate that three negative swabs along with negative antibodies, despite a suggestive CT scan, can safely rule out the SARS-CoV-2 infection in suspected patients, hence to proceed in alternative diagnosis process.	./cache/cord-338351-y1t9emu1.txt	./txt/cord-338351-y1t9emu1.txt