Diagnostic value of direct examination of protected specimen brush samples in nosocomial pneumonia

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 807-810

  Mertens, A H ^a   Nagler, J M ^a   Galdermans, D I ^a   Slabbynck, H R ^a   Weise, B S ^a   Coolen, D ^a  

^a MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GIEMSA STAIN; GRAM STAINING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; CENTRIFUGATION; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029854114     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01701523     Document Type: Article

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