Reproducibility of Protected Brush Catheter Specimen Cultures in Critically Ill Patients with Suspected Nosocomial Pneumonia

George A Fox; David J Leasa; William J Sibbald; David G McCormack

doi:10.1155/1995/237924

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 1995)

Reproducibility of Protected Brush Catheter Specimen Cultures in Critically Ill Patients with Suspected Nosocomial Pneumonia

George A Fox,
David J Leasa,
William J Sibbald,
David G McCormack

Affiliations

George A Fox: Victoria Hospital and University Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada
David J Leasa: Victoria Hospital and University Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada
William J Sibbald: Victoria Hospital and University Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada
David G McCormack: Victoria Hospital and University Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/1995/237924
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 3
pp. 173 – 178

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To determine the reproducibility of two protected brush catheter (PBC) specimens obtained during the same bronchoscopy in critically ill patients with suspected ventilator associated pneumonia.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/crj/

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