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Affiliations

¹ John Farman Intensive Care Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
² Clinical Microbiology and Public Health Laboratory, Public Health England, Cambridge, UK.
³ Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
⁴ John Farman Intensive Care Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK; Department of Medicine, Division of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. Electronic address: mozza@doctors.org.uk.
⁵ Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, UK.
⁶ Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, UK; Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

Comment

Islam Hamed et al. Chest. 2021 Apr.

. 2021 Apr;159(4):1681-1682.

doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.11.038. Epub 2021 Apr 6.

¹ John Farman Intensive Care Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
² Clinical Microbiology and Public Health Laboratory, Public Health England, Cambridge, UK.
³ Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
⁴ John Farman Intensive Care Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK; Department of Medicine, Division of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. Electronic address: mozza@doctors.org.uk.
⁵ Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, UK.
⁶ Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, UK; Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

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Paired Nasopharyngeal and Deep Lung Testing for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 Reveals a Viral Gradient in Critically Ill Patients: A Multicenter Study.
Hamed I, Shaban N, Nassar M, Cayir D, Love S, Curran MD, Webb S, Yang H, Watson K, Rostron A, Navapurkar V, Mahroof R, Conway Morris A. Hamed I, et al. Chest. 2021 Apr;159(4):1387-1390. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.10.017. Epub 2020 Oct 15. Chest. 2021. PMID: 33069724 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Finding an Evidence-Based and Clinically Important Role for BAL in the Setting of Suspected SARS-Cov-2 Infection.
Trisolini R, Bello G, Antonelli M. Trisolini R, et al. Chest. 2021 Apr;159(4):1680-1681. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.11.037. Epub 2021 Apr 6. Chest. 2021. PMID: 34022001 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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