Ventilator-associated pneumonia or not? Contemporary diagnosis.

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Mayhall, C. G.
• Description:
  Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is pneumonia in patients who have been on mechanical ventilation for > or =48 hours. VAP is most accurately diagnosed by quantitative culture and microscopy examination of lower respiratory tract secretions, which are best obtained by bronchoscopically directed techniques such as the protected specimen brush and bronchoalveolar lavage. These techniques have acceptable repeatability, and interpretation of results is unaffected by antibiotics administered concurrently for infection at extrapulmonary sites as long as antimicrobial therapy has not been changed for <72 hours before bronchoscopy.
• Subjects:
  Anti-Bacterial Agents Bronchoalveolar Lavage Bronchoscopy Humans Pneumonia Reproducibility Of Results Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult Respiratory System Ventilators, Mechanical
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 7(2):200-204.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  7
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0febbe3c0533317deb3da3284ce4536d7f66c3d24d8cacbc87898ddc74c09a27
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15086/cdc_15086_DS1.pdf
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