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

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.