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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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Autores principales: Prinzi, Andrea, Parker, Sarah K., Thurm, Cary, Birkholz, Meghan, Sick-Samuels, Anna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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