Diagnosis of ventilator-associated respiratory infections (VARI): Microbiologic clues for tracheobronchitis (VAT) and pneumonia (VAP)

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 547-557

  Craven, Donald E ^a,b   Hudcova, Jana ^a,b   Lei, Yuxiu ^a  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage antibiotics; Endotracheal aspirates; Microbiologic criteria for diagnosis; Multidrug resistant bacteria; Ventilator associated pneumonia; Ventilator associated respiratory infection; Ventilator associated tracheobronchitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; PLACEBO; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUROPE; GRAM STAINING; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LUNG LAVAGE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOBRONCHITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED TRACHEOBRONCHITIS;

BRONCHITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; TRACHEITIS;

EID: 80051867770     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: 15578216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2011.06.001     Document Type: Review

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