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6497170

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-11-30
pubmed:abstractText
To determine the relative cultural accuracy of the bronchoscopic protected specimen brush (PSB) in ventilated patients, we compared this method in the same area of the lung with histologic and bacteriologic examinations of pulmonary specimens. The procedures were concluded just after death when the ventilator was still functioning. Samples via the PSB were taken from a branch of the anterior basal bronchus of the left lower lobe, and immediate left thoracotomy was performed to obtain peripheral specimens from the corresponding segment for quantitative cultures. Twenty-six patients were studied; 6 had histologically proved pneumonia. Using quantitative cultures, a correlation was evidenced between PSB and lung cultures, especially in the subgroup of patients who received no antibiotic during the week preceding their death. No pneumonia was observed when PSB cultures isolated no organisms in concentrations greater than 10(3) colony-forming units (cfu) per ml. The PSB cultures at a level of 10(3) cfu/ml identified every patient with histologically proved pneumonia and every microorganism present in concentrations of 10(4) cfu/g or greater in the lungs. Moreover, in the subgroup of patients receiving no antibiotic, only 4 microorganisms were isolated by the PSB in concentrations greater than 10(3) cfu/ml and not found in the lung.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0003-0805
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
130
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
924-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Prospective evaluation of the protected specimen brush for the diagnosis of pulmonary infections in ventilated patients.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't