Do quantitative cultures of protected brush specimens modify the initial empirical therapy in ventilated patients with suspected pneumonia?

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-41

  Rodriguez De Castro F ^a,b   Sole Violan J ^b   Aranda Leon A ^b   Blanco Lopez J ^b   Julia Serda G ^a   Cabrera Navarro, P ^a   Bolanos Guerra J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b Hospital Nuestra Senora del Pino   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Protected specimen brush; Severe pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PIPERACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BRONCHOSCOPY; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0030067836     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09010037     Document Type: Article

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