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cord-006450-si5168pb	Jouneau, S.	Which patients should be tested for viruses on bronchoalveolar lavage fluid?	2012-12-14		.txt	text/plain	3119	154	38	The variables associated with positive viral tests on univariate analysis were immunosuppression [human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), corticosteroids >10 mg/day for ≥3 weeks, or other immunosuppressive therapy], ground-glass attenuations on computed tomography (CT) scanning, late-onset ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), and durations of (i) hospital stay, (ii) intensive care unit (ICU) stay, and (iii) mechanical ventilation before BAL (p < 0.01 for each comparison). The variables significantly associated with positive viral tests on univariate analysis were immunosuppression (i.e., HIV infection, corticosteroids >10 mg/day for ≥3 weeks, and/or other immunosuppressive therapy), ground-glass attenuations on chest CT scans, late-onset ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), and durations of (i) hospital stay, (ii) ICU stay, and (iii) mechanical ventilation before BAL was performed (p<0.01 for each comparison). This advocates for the systematic use of PCR techniques for viral tests in BALF, in accordance with previous studies [27, 28] , in the situations where viruses may reasonably be suspected (i.e., acute lower tract respiratory disease in immunocompromised patients and/or patients with unexplained bilateral ground-glass attenuations on CT scan).	./cache/cord-006450-si5168pb.txt	./txt/cord-006450-si5168pb.txt