title: Bacteriological study of bronchoalveolar lavage in immunocompromised hosts.
abstract: Sixty bronchoalveolar lavage samples collected from lung cancer patients attending the Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases Unit of the Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Manipal; were cultured for both the aerobic and anaerobic organisms. Fifty nine samples yielded bacteria in pure culture. Pseudomonas aeruginosa (34.8%) was the commonest aerobe, Peptostreptococcus was the commonest anaerobe (45.2%) isolated. Bacteroides fragilis was isolated in (23.8%) of cases. Gentamycin was found to be effective against aerobes, Metronidazole and Rifampicin against anaerobes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Tuberculosis, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Kumari
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Rau
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Beena
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramani
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Shivananda
mesh_terms: D001420:Bacteria, Aerobic / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male