Description and microbiology of endotracheal tube biofilm in mechanically ventilated subjects

Respiratory Care

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 21-29

  Danin, Pierre Eric ^a,b   Girou, Emmanuelle ^a   Legrand, Patrick ^a   Louis, Bruno ^b   Fodil, Redouane ^b   Christov, Christo ^a   Devaquet, Jérôme ^a   Isabey, Daniel ^b   Brochard, Laurent ^a,b,c  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Endotracheal tube; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE INNER VOLUME; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SIMPLIFIED ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY SCORE; TRACHEA MUCUS; VENTILATION ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DEVICES; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MECHANICAL VENTILATOR; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84935041328     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: 19433654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4187/respcare.02722     Document Type: Article

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