Both early-onset and late-onset ventilator-associated pneumonia are caused mainly by potentially multiresistant bacteria
- 7 September 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Intensive Care Medicine
- Vol. 31 (11) , 1488-1494
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-005-2697-y
Abstract
To compare the causative pathogens of early-onset and late-onset ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) diagnosed by bronchoalveolar lavage quantitative cultures. Most previous reports have been based on endotracheal aspirate cultures and gave uncertain findings.Keywords
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