Quantitative cultures of bronchoscopically obtained specimens should be performed for optimal management of ventilator-associated pneumonia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 740-744

  Baselski, Vickie ^a   Klutts, J Stacey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; POLYMYXIN DERIVATIVE; TIGECYCLINE;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CATHETER; CATHETERIZATION; CELL COUNT; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONSENSUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG MISUSE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GRAM STAINING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; STANDARDIZATION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874062858     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03383-12     Document Type: Article

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