Bronchoscopy in ventilator-associated pneumonia: agreement of calibrated loop and serial dilution.

Afessa, Bekele; Hubmayr, Rolf D; Vetter, Emily A; Keegan, Mark T; Swanson, Karen L; Baddour, Larry M; Cockerill, Franklin R; Peters, Steve G

Afessa, Bekele; Hubmayr, Rolf D; Vetter, Emily A; Keegan, Mark T; Swanson, Karen L; Baddour, Larry M; Cockerill, Franklin R; Peters, Steve G.

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Afessa B; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. afessa.bekele@mayo.edu

Am J Respir Crit Care Med ; 173(11): 1229-32, 2006 Jun 01.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16528014

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Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid/microbiology; Colony Count, Microbial/methods; Pneumonia, Bacterial/diagnosis; Respiration, Artificial/adverse effects; Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use; Bronchoscopy; Calibration; Female; Humans; Indicator Dilution Techniques; Male; Methicillin Resistance; Middle Aged; Pneumonia, Bacterial/drug therapy; Pneumonia, Bacterial/microbiology; Prospective Studies; Pseudomonas aeruginosa/isolation & purification; Sensitivity and Specificity; Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification; Stenotrophomonas maltophilia/isolation & purification

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Respiration, Artificial / Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Colony Count, Microbial / Pneumonia, Bacterial Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Evaluation_studies / Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Am J Respir Crit Care Med Journal subject: TERAPIA INTENSIVA Year: 2006 Type: Article Affiliation country: United States

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