Diagnosis of nosocomial pneumonia in cancer patients undergoing mechanical ventilation: A prospective comparison of the plugged telescoping catheter with the protected specimen brush

Chest

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1641-1645

  Casetta, Michel ^a   Blot, François ^a   Antoun, Sami ^a   Leclercq, Bernard ^a   Tancrède, Cyrille ^a   Doyon, Françoise ^a   Nitenberg, Gérard ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

Cancer; Intensive care; Mechanical ventilation; Nosocomial pneumonia; Plugged telescoping catheter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANCER PATIENT; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; PLUGGED TELESCOPING CATHETER; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0033057695     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.115.6.1641     Document Type: Article

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