Anaerobic bacteria commonly colonize the lower airways of intubated ICU patients

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 397-405

  Agvald Ohman C ^a   Wernerman, J ^a   Nord, C E ^a   Edlund, Charlotta ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anaerobic bacteria; Intensive care unit; Intubation; Tracheal colonization; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANDIDA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MALE; MICROFLORA; OROPHARYNX; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLE; STOMACH; STOMACH JUICE; SWEDEN; TRACHEA; TRACHEA MUCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; ENTEROCOCCUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PREVOTELLA; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0038546776     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00551.x     Document Type: Article

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