The contribution of the microbiology laboratory to the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia;Aportación del laboratorio de microbiología al diagnóstico de la neumonía asociada a la ventilación mecánica

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL.3, 2005, Pages 2-9

  Bouza, Emilio ^a   Torres, María V ^a   Burillo, Almudena ^b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b Hospital Madrid Monteprincipe   (Spain)

Author keywords

Microbiological diagnoses; Nosocomial pneumonia; Respiratory infection; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CRYSTAL VIOLET; GRAM'S STAIN; PHENAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; EQUIPMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; STAINING; TIME; VIROLOGY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GENTIAN VIOLET; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENAZINES; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SIMPLEXVIRUS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33749062994     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13091214     Document Type: Article

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