Open AccessBACTERIOLOGICAL CULTURE OF ENDOTRACHEAL ASPIRATES: A SIMPLE DIAGNOSTIC TOOL AND A GUIDE FOR EMPIRIC ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY IN SUSPECTED CASES OF VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA
Author(s) -
S. Vijaykumar,
Narendra Nayak,
Sanchita Shettigar,
Yashwanth Rai
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of evolution of medical and dental sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-4802
pISSN - 2278-4748
DOI - 10.14260/jemds/2016/1233
Subject(s) - medicine , ventilator associated pneumonia , antibiotic therapy , pneumonia , intensive care medicine , empiric therapy , antibiotics , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , alternative medicine , biology