Bacterial Yield from Quantitative Cultures of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid in Patients with Pneumonia on Antimicrobial Therapy

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Early diagnosis and appropriate antimicrobial choice are crucial when managing pneumonia patients, and quantitative culture of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid is considered a useful method for identifying pneumonia pathogens. We evaluated the quantitative yield of BAL fluid bacte...

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Autores principales: Kim, Eun Sun, Kim, Eui-Chong, Lee, Sang-Min, Yang, Seok-Chul, Yoo, Chul-Gyu, Kim, Young Whan, Han, Sung Koo, Yim, Jae-Joon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Association of Internal Medicine 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3372799/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22707887
http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2012.27.2.156

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3372799/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22707887
http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2012.27.2.156

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