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  • Title: Fatal pneumonitis and septicemia after fiberoptic bronchoscopy.
    Author: Beyt BE, King DK, Glew RH.
    Journal: Chest; 1977 Jul; 72(1):105-7. PubMed ID: 872639.
    Abstract:
    This report describes the development of fatal pneumococcal pneumonia and septicemia following fiberoptic bronchoscopic examination and endobronchial biopsy of a patient with severe chronic congestive heart failure. Although a causal relationship has not been proven, the temporal sequence seems to favor this over a coincidental nosocomial infection. This case emphasizes that significant and occasionally fatal infectious complications may occur following fiberoptic bronchoscopic examination.
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