The appropriate diagnostic threshold for ventilator-associated pneumonia using quatititative cultures

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 931-936

  Croce, Martin A ^a   Fabian, Timothy C ^a   Mueller, Eric W ^a   Maish III, George O ^a   Cox, Jordy C ^a   Bee, Tiffany K ^a   Boucher, Bradley A ^a   Wood, G Christopher ^a   Chang, Michael ^b   Cocanour, Christine S ^b   Cohn, Stephen M ^b   Spain, David A ^b   Gagnon, Josee ^b   Miller, Preston R ^b   Stewart, Ronald M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee ^*

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Fiberoptic bronchoscopy; Quantitative cultures; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; VENTILATOR; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CROSS INFECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEVER; INJURY SCALE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LEUKOPENIA; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; TIME; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TENNESSEE; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 2942748293     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000127769.29009.8C     Document Type: Article

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