Predictive value of broncho-alveolar lavage fluid gram's stain in the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia: A prospective study

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 871-876

  Goldberg, Aaron E ^a   Malhotra, Ajai K ^a,b   Riaz, Omer J ^a   Aboutanos, Michel B ^a   Duane, Therese M ^a   Borchers, C Todd ^a   Martin, Nancy ^a   Ivatury, Rao R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broncho alveolar lavage; Grams stain; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA GLADIOLI; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERRATIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; AGED; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FOLLOW UP; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INCIDENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENSIVE CARE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL CARE; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 67650632080     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31818481e0     Document Type: Article

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