id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentences	flesch	summary	cache	txt
cord-281418-mvgp6qfv	Soccal, P. M.	Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract Viral Infections and Acute Graft Rejection in Lung Transplant Recipients	2010-07-15		.txt	text/plain	3558	174	40	The aim of this study was to assess the association among the presence of a respiratory virus detected by molecular assays in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid, respiratory symptoms, and acute rejection in adult lung transplant recipients. Upper (nasopharyngeal swab) and lower (BAL) respiratory tract specimens from 77 lung transplant recipients enrolled in a cohort study and undergoing bronchoscopy with BAL and transbronchial biopsies were screened using 17 different polymerase chain reaction—based assays. The present investigation was specifically designed to assess the epidemiology of respiratory viruses in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid from lung transplant recipients and to analyze the relationship between these viruses and the presence of acute graft rejection. Because BAL fluid specimens were collected for a variety of clinical conditions, we were able to analyze the association among symptoms, the diagnosis suspected by the physician in charge, and the subsequent presence of a proven upper and/ or lower respiratory tract viral infection.	./cache/cord-281418-mvgp6qfv.txt	./txt/cord-281418-mvgp6qfv.txt