Ventilator-associated pneumonia in a surgical intensive care unit: epidemiology, etiology and comparison of three bronchoscopic methods for microbiological specimen sampling

BACKGROUND: Ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia (VAP) is a important intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired infection in mechanically ventilated patients. Early and correct diagnosis of VAP is difficult but is an urgent challenge for an optimal antibiotic treatment. The aim of the study was to eva...

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Autores principales: Woske, Hans-Jürgen, Röding, Thomas, Schulz, Ines, Lode, Hartmut
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2001
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Primary Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC31581/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11353934

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