Microscopic examination of intracellular organisms in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid for the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia: A prospective multi-center study

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1808-1813

  Liu, Chang ^a   Du, Zhao Hui ^a   Zhou, Qing ^a   Hu, Bo ^a   Li, Zhi Feng ^a   Yu, Li ^b   Xu, Tao ^c   Fan, Xue Peng ^d   Yang, Jun Hui ^a   Li, Jian Guo ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF WUHAN   (China)

^c Puai Hospital   (China)

^d WUHAN NO 1 HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid; Intracellular organisms; Microscopic examination; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CELLULAR ORGANISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSCOPY; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED;

AGED; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84900819495     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20140223     Document Type: Article

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