Sequential microbiological monitoring of tracheal aspirates in intubated patients admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-33

  Carvalho, Cid E ^a,b,f   Berezin, Eitan N ^b,c   Pistelli, Ivan P ^a,b   Mímica, Lycia ^b,d   Cardoso, Maria Regina A ^e  

^a Intensive Care Unit   (Brazil)

^b Ponce School of Medicine   (Brazil)

^c Division of Infectious Diseases   (Brazil)

^d Laboratory of Hospital Infection Control

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacterial resistance; ICU; Pneumonia; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NEWBORN; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; TRACHEA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LENGTH OF STAY; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEA;

EID: 28344447840     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: 00217557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/1279     Document Type: Article

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