Diagnosis of nosocomial pneumonia in medical ward: Repeatability of the protected specimen brush

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 157-163

  Herer, B ^a   Fuhrman, C ^a   Demontrond, D ^a   Gazevic, Z ^a   Housset, B ^a   Chouaid C ^a  

^a Centre Medical de Forcilles   (France)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Nosocomial; Pneumonia; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY; MALE; MICROORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTED SPECIMEN BRUSH; PSEUDOMONAS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TISSUE CULTURE; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENTILATOR; WARD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BRONCHOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0034900834     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.01.99097901     Document Type: Article

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