Utility of Gram's stain and efficacy of quantitative cultures for posttraumatic pneumonia: a prospective study.

OBJECTIVE: This prospective trial examined the efficacy of using bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) for the diagnosis of pneumonia (PN) and the utility of Gram's stain (GS) for dictating empiric therapy. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Posttraumatic nosocomial PN remains a significant cause of morbidity and...

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Main Authors: Croce, M A, Fabian, T C, Waddle-Smith, L, Melton, S M, Minard, G, Kudsk, K A, Pritchard, F E
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: 1998
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1191359/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9605666
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