Sensitivity and specificity of bronchoalveolar lavage and protected bronchial brush in the diagnosis of pneumonia in pediatric burn patients

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1243-1247

  Barret, Juan P ^a,b,c   Ramzy, Peter I ^a,b   Wolf, Steven E ^a,b   Herndon, David N ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; BURN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LUNG LAVAGE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032727975     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.134.11.1243     Document Type: Article

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