Direct examination and cultures of bronchoalveolar lavage in pneumonia diagnosis: A comparative experimental study

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1840-1847

  Brandão Da Silva, Nilton ^a,b   Martins, Lucas ^b   Martins, Frederico ^b   Anflor Jr , José ^b   Tonietto, Tiago ^b   Koefender, Cristiano ^b   Cardoso, Paulo G ^b   Moreira, José ^c  

^a HOSPITAL MOINHOS DE VENTO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Intracellular organisms; Nosocomial pneumonia; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; PROCAINE PENICILLIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INOCULATION; LUNG LAVAGE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; LUNG; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 34748891077     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-007-0811-z     Document Type: Article

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