title: Surveillance cultures in respiratory tract infections: are they useful?
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care/Sleep Medicine, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY; Veterans Affairs Western New York Healthcare System, Buffalo, NY. Electronic address: ssethi@buffalo.edu.
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sethi
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D014132:Trachea / Q000382:microbiology*; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000295:instrumentation*