Epidemiology of ventilator-acquired pneumonia based on protected bronchoscopic sampling

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1839-1847

  George, David L ^b   Falk, Pamela S ^b   Wunderink, Richard G ^b   Leeper Jr , Kenneth V ^b   Meduri, G Umberto ^b   Steere, Elaine L ^b   Corbett, Cathy E ^b   Mayhall, C Glen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0032417007     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.158.6.9610069     Document Type: Article

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