Accuracy of tracheal aspirate gram stain in predicting Staphylococcus aureus infection in ventilator-associated pneumonia

BACKGROUND: The Gram stain can be used to direct initial empiric antimicrobial therapy when complete culture is not available. This rapid test could prevent the initiation of inappropriate therapy and adverse outcomes. However, several studies have attempted to determine the value of the Gram stain...

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Autores principales: Seligman, Renato, Seligman, Beatriz Graeff Santos, Konkewicz, Loriane, dos Santos, Rodrigo Pires
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4323075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25670922
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2253-15-19

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4323075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25670922
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2253-15-19

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