Description of respiratory microbiology of children with long-term tracheostomies

Respiratory Care

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 447-452

  McCaleb, Rachael ^a   Warren, Robert H ^b   Willis, Denise ^c   Maples, Holly D ^a   Bai, Shasha ^b   O’Brien, Catherine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Arkansas Children s Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Microbiology; Pediatric; Respiratory; Tracheostomy; Tracheotomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; TRACHEOSTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 84961720910     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: 19433654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4187/respcare.03518     Document Type: Article

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