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Microbiological lung surveillance in mechanically ventilated patients, using non-directed bronchial lavage and quantitative culture.
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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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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Quarterly journal of medicine
- Volume:
- 86
- Issue:
- 10
- Pages:
- 635-648
- Publication date:
- 1993-10-01
- ISSN:
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0033-5622
- Source identifiers:
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54157
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:54157
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- 1993
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