The standardization of criteria for processing and interpreting laboratory specimens in patients with suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Baselski
V S
VS
Department of Pathology, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38163.
el-Torky
M
M
Coalson
J J
JJ
Griffin
J P
JP
D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical / Q000009:adverse effects*