Direct testing of bronchoalveolar lavages from ventilator-associated pneumonia patients

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 107-110

  Boyer, Alexandre ^a,b,c   Medrano, José ^a   Mzali, Fatima ^b   Balick Weber, Claude Charles ^a   Bessède, Emilie ^a   Picard, Walter ^a   Clouzeau, Benjamin ^a   Bébéar, Cécile M ^a   Vargas, Frédéric ^a   Hilbert, Gilles ^a   Rogues, Anne Marie ^b,c   Gruson, Didier ^a  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Direct antimicrobial testing; Intensive care unit; Nosocomial pneumonia; Ventilator acquired pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BROTH DILUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENTEROBACTER; EPSILOMETER TEST; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; VALIDITY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; COHORT STUDIES; COINFECTION; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84861195788     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.02.017     Document Type: Article

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