Ventilator associated pneumonia: comparison between quantitative and qualitative cultures of tracheal aspirates

INTRODUCTION: Deferred or inappropriate antibiotic treatment in ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is associated with increased mortality, and clinical and radiological criteria are frequently employed to establish an early diagnosis. Culture results are used to confirm the clinical diagnosis and...

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Autores principales: Camargo, Luis Fernando Aranha, De Marco, Fernando Vinícius, Barbas, Carmen Sílvia Valente, Hoelz, Cristiane, Bueno, Marco Aurélio Scarpinella, Rodrigues Jr, Milton, Amado, Verônica Moreira, Caserta, Raquel, Martino, Marinês Dalla Valle, Pasternak, Jacyr, Knobel, Elias
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1065063/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15566587
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc2965

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