Usefulness of Quantitative Endotracheal Aspirate Cultures in Intensive Care Unit Patients with Suspected Pneumonia

It is difficult to differentiate pathogens responsible for pneumonia or colonization in patients with an endotracheal tube or in patients that have undergone tracheostomy. We evaluated the clinical usefulness of quantitative endotracheal aspirates cultures and sought to determine the result threshol...

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Autores principales: Shin, Yoon Mi, Oh, Yeon-Mok, Kim, Mi Na, Shim, Tae Sun, Lim, Chae-Man, Lee, Sang Do, Koh, Younsuck, Kim, Woo Sung, Kim, Dong Soon, Hong, Sang-Bum
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3124714/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21738337
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2011.26.7.865

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3124714/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21738337
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2011.26.7.865

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