The clinical impact of bronchoscopy: balancing microbiology and inflammatory endotyping
Extract We would like to thank L. Nguyen-Ho and Q-K. Tran-Le for their insightful comments on our study regarding the clinical impact of bronchoscopy in bronchiectasis management [1]. Their highlights regarding the potential role of bronchial lavage (BL) in inflammatory endotyping beyond microbiology are both timely and highly relevant.
Authors
- Angela Tramontano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1041-3258)
- Francesco Blasi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2285-9970)
- Claudia Crimi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9088-5214)
- Mattia Nigro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4735-823X)
- Paola Scarano
- Edoardo Simonetta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6145-5792)
- Salvatore Battaglia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2867-917X)
- Veronica Polelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8095-4251)
- Stefano Aliberti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0090-4531)
- Alessandro De Angelis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3544-0361)
- M. Mancuso
- Martina Lo Casto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6856-7319)
- Oriol Sibila
- James D. Chalmers
Institutions
- Humanitas University (IT)
- University of Milan (IT)
- Marconi University (IT)
- Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (IT)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (ES)
- Policlinico Universitario di Catania (IT)
- IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital (IT)
- University of Palermo (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ERJ Open Research
- Published
- 2026-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00490-2026
- Primary Topic
- Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00