Diagnostic Stewardship of Endotracheal Aspirate Cultures in a PICU

BACKGROUND: Clinicians commonly obtain endotracheal aspirate cultures (EACs) in the evaluation of suspected ventilator-associated infections. However, bacterial growth in EACs does not distinguish bacterial colonization from infection and may lead to overtreatment with antibiotics. We describe the d...

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Hauptverfasser: Sick-Samuels, Anna C., Linz, Matthew, Bergmann, Jules, Fackler, James C., Berenholtz, Sean M., Ralston, Shawn L., Hoops, Katherine, Dwyer, Joe, Colantuoni, Elizabeth, Milstone, Aaron M.
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: American Academy of Pediatrics 2021
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8086005/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33827937
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2020-1634
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