Bacterial yield from quantitative cultures of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in patients with pneumonia on antimicrobial therapy

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 156-162

  Kim, Eun Sun ^a   Kim, Eui Chong ^a   Lee, Sang Min ^a   Yang, Seok Chul ^a   Yoo, Chul Gyu ^a   Kim, Young Whan ^a   Han, Sung Koo ^a   Yim, Jae Joon ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials; Bronchoalveolar lavage; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862891258     PISSN: 12263303     EISSN: 20056648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2012.27.2.156     Document Type: Article

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