Nocardia polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based assay performed on bronchoalveolar lavage fluid after lung transplantation: A prospective pilot study

• Julien Coussement ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jcoussem@ulb.ac.be

  Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, CUB-Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, Department of Microbiology, CUB-Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4302-6599

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• David Lebeaux,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Service de Microbiologie, Unité Mobile de Microbiologie Clinique, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France

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• Najla El Bizri,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, CUB-Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

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• Vincent Claes,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, CUB-Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

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• Michel Kohnen,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, CUB-Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

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• Deborah Steensels,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, CUB-Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

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• Isabelle Étienne,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Lung Transplantation Unit, CUB-Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

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• Hélène Salord,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Lyon, France

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• Emmanuelle Bergeron,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Group on Bacterial Opportunistic Pathogens and Environment, UMR CNRS5557, INRA1418 Écologie Microbienne, Observatoire Français des Nocardioses, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France, Université de Lyon 1, VetAgro Sup, Lyon, France

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• Veronica Rodriguez-Nava

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Group on Bacterial Opportunistic Pathogens and Environment, UMR CNRS5557, INRA1418 Écologie Microbienne, Observatoire Français des Nocardioses, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France, Université de Lyon 1, VetAgro Sup, Lyon, France

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