Advanced endotracheal tube biofilm stage, not duration of intubation, is related to pneumonia

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 916-923

  Wilson, Alison ^a   Gray, Dana ^a   Karakiozis, Jacqueline ^a   Thomas, John ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Endotracheal tube; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSCOPY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; EQUIPMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TIME; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862729924     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182493a10     Document Type: Article

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