Diagnosis of nosocomial bacterial pneumonia in intubated patients undergoing ventilation: comparison of the usefulness of bronchoalveolar lavage and the protected specimen brush

The American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 499-506

  Chastre, Jean ^a   Fagon, Jean Yves ^a   Soler, Paul ^a   Bornet, Marylin ^a   Domart, Yves ^a   Trouillet, Jean Louis ^a   Gibert, Claude ^a   Hange, Allan J ^a  

^a Hopital Bichat   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; CELL COUNT; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023708461     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(88)80085-8     Document Type: Article

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