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Bronchoscopy is generally a useful procedure in patients with suspected pulmonary mycoses because specific treatment is required, and bronchoscopy specimens often provide diagnostic information not available from less invasive techniques. This article addresses the role of bronchoscopy for

Bronchoscopists are frequency called on to obtain lower respiratory tract specimens in patients for whom pulmonary fungal infection is considered a diagnostic possibility. Fungal pathogens that infect the lung can be classified as T-cell pathogens or neutrophil pathogens. This review discus