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Título: | Reliability of the bronchoscopic protected catheter brush in the diagnosis of pneumonia in mechanically ventilated patients | Autores/as: | Rodriguez de Castro, F. Sole Violan, Jorge Capuz, B. L. Luna, J. C. Rodriguez, B. G. Alonso, J. L.M. |
Clasificación UNESCO: | 32 Ciencias médicas 3205 Medicina interna 3213 Cirugía |
Palabras clave: | Bronchoscopy Catheter brush Pneumonia Mechanically ventilated patients |
Fecha de publicación: | 1991 | Publicación seriada: | Critical Care Medicine | Resumen: | Objective: To assess the usefulness of the telescoping plugged catheter in the diagnosis of nosocomial pneumonia. Design: Prospective study. Patients: A total of 103 ventilated patients with suspected pneumonia were prospectively studied over 20 months. Results: The quantitative cultures of the protected brush specimen detected pulmonary bacterial infection (greater than 10(3) cfu/mL) in 49 (47.5%) patients. Subsequent follow-up confirmed pneumonia in 41 patients; in only one patient was a positive protected brush specimen culture established as a false-positive result. There were 54 patients with less than 10(3) cfu/mL and the diagnosis was excluded in 36 of them. We identified eight patients with false-negative protected brush specimen cultures. The results obtained by this technique allowed us to modify treatment in 49 (47.5%) patients. Conclusions: The telescoping plugged catheter demonstrated significant bacterial infection in a relatively small proportion of patients in whom bacterial lung infection was suspected. This technique can be safely performed and is a sensitive and specific method to establish the cause of pneumonia, thus allowing specific treatment and the avoidance of inappropriate antibiotic therapy. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10553/46698 | ISSN: | 0090-3493 | DOI: | 10.1097/00003246-199102000-00010 | Fuente: | Critical Care Medicine[ISSN 0090-3493],v. 19, p. 171-175 |
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