The utility of endotracheal aspirate bacteriology in identifying mechanically ventilated patients at risk for ventilator associated pneumonia: a single-center prospective observational study

BACKGROUND: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a well-known, life-threatening disease that persists despite preventative measures and approved antibiotic therapies. This prospective observational study investigated bacterial airway colonization, and whether its detection and quantification in...

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Autores principales: Kabak, Ekaterina, Hudcova, Jana, Magyarics, Zoltán, Stulik, Lukas, Goggin, Marie, Szijártó, Valéria, Nagy, Eszter, Stevens, Chris
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6716855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31464593
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4367-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6716855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31464593
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4367-7

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