Microbiological lung surveillance in mechanically ventilated patients, using non-directed bronchial lavage and quantitative culture.

A'Court, CH; Garrard, CS; Crook, D; Bowler, I; Conlon, C; Peto, T; Anderson, E

Abstract:

We surveyed bronchial microflora by alternate-day, non-directed bronchial lavage (NBL) in 150 patients requiring mechanical ventilation on an intensive care unit. This simple technique uses a 20 ml non-bronchoscopic lung lavage, then quantitative bacterial culture. NBL bacteriological findings were identical to those obtained by same-day bronchoscopic broncho-alveolar lavage on 16/20 occasions. Using serial NBLs, the bronchial bacterial population was characterized during 65 episodes of pneum...

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APA Style

A'Court, C. H., Garrard, C. S., Crook, D., Bowler, I., Conlon, C., Peto, T., & Anderson, E. (1993). Microbiological lung surveillance in mechanically ventilated patients, using non-directed bronchial lavage and quantitative culture. The Quarterly Journal of Medicine, 86(10), 635–648.

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A'Court, C. H., et al. “Microbiological Lung Surveillance in Mechanically Ventilated Patients, Using Non-Directed Bronchial Lavage and Quantitative Culture.” The Quarterly Journal of Medicine, vol. 86, no. 10, The Quarterly journal of medicine, 1993, pp. 635–48.

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A'Court, CH, CS Garrard, D Crook, I Bowler, C Conlon, T Peto, and E Anderson. 1993. “Microbiological Lung Surveillance in Mechanically Ventilated Patients, Using Non-Directed Bronchial Lavage and Quantitative Culture.” The Quarterly Journal of Medicine 86 (10): 635–48.
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