title: Commentary: Empiric antibiotics pending bronchoalveolar lavage data in patients without pneumonia significantly alters the flora but not the resistance profile if a subsequent pneumonia develops.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Joseph D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Love
authors.forename: Lillian S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Kao
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D053717:Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents