Is bilateral protected specimen brush sampling necessary for the accurate diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 316-322

  Butler, Karyn L ^a   Best, Irwin M ^a   Oster, Robert A ^b   Katon Benitez, Iva ^a   Weaver, Wm Lynn ^a   Bumpers, Harvey L ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Protected specimen brush; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MICROORGANISM; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTED SPECIMEN BRUSH SAMPLING; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 4444373912     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000088858.22080.CB     Document Type: Article

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