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274. Diagnostic Stewardship for Positive Endotracheal Cultures in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)- Reassessing the Role of Neutrophil Quantification in Clinician Decision-Making
BACKGROUND: Quantitative or semiquantitative assessment of neutrophils (microbiologic purulence-MP) is routinely reported for endotracheal aspirate cultures, but is not well standardized. The association of MP with symptoms of ventilator-associated infections or its role in guiding antibiotic therap...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6254428/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.285 |