Comparison of semi-quantitative endotracheal aspirates to quantitative non-bronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage in diagnosing ventilator-associated pneumonia

Respiratory Care

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1453-1461

  Fujitani, Shigeki ^a,b   Cohen Melamed, Mark H ^c   Tuttle, Raymond P ^c   Delgado, Edgar ^c   Taira, Yasuhiko ^b   Darby, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endotracheal aspirate; Non bronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage; Quantitative culture; Semi quantitative culture; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CITROBACTER; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERRATIA; SPUTUM CULTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

AGED; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUCTION; TRACHEA;

EID: 70849137390     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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