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Association of Endotracheal Aspirate Culture Variability and Antibiotic Use in Mechanically Ventilated Pediatric Patients
IMPORTANCE: Endotracheal aspirate cultures are commonly collected from patients with mechanical ventilation to evaluate for ventilator-associated pneumonia or tracheitis. However, the respiratory tract is not sterile, making differentiating between colonization from bacterial infection challenging,...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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American Medical Association
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8696566/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34935920 http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.40378 |