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Quantitative culture of endotracheal aspirates in the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients with treatment failure.
Chien Liang Wu Dine Ie Yang Nai Yu Wang Hsu Tah Kuo Pai Zan Chen

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August 2002

Article Synopsis
  • The study aimed to investigate the relationship between bacteriology results from different sampling methods in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) who did not improve after antibiotic treatment.
  • It was conducted in a medical ICU with 48 patients, comparing results from quantitative endotracheal aspirate (QEA), protected specimen brush (PSB), and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) samples.
  • The findings indicated that QEA is a reliable, less invasive method that correlates well with PSB and BAL, aiding in timely antibiotic decision-making while achieving high sensitivity and acceptable specificity.
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