Bronchoscopy in ventilator-associated pneumonia: Agreement of calibrated loop and serial dilution

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1229-1232

  Afessa, Bekele ^a   Hubmayr, Rolf D ^b   Vetter, Emily A ^b   Keegan, Mark T ^b   Swanson, Karen L ^b   Baddour, Larry M ^b   Cockerill III, Franklin R ^b   Peters, Steve G ^b  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Calibrated loop; Critical care; Serial dilution; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BACTERIUM COLONY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; CALIBRATION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDICATOR DILUTION TECHNIQUES; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 33744920859     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 1073449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200512-1899OC     Document Type: Article

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