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Quantitative versus qualitative cultures of respiratory secretions for clinical outcomes in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia

  1. Danilo Cortozi Berton2,
  2. Andre C Kalil3,
  3. Manuela Cavalcanti2,
  4. Paulo José Zimermann Teixeira1,*

Editorial Group: Cochrane Acute Respiratory Infections Group

Published Online: 8 OCT 2008

Assessed as up-to-date: 12 FEB 2008

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006482.pub2

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Berton DC, Kalil AC, Cavalcanti M, Teixeira PJZ. Quantitative versus qualitative cultures of respiratory secretions for clinical outcomes in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD006482. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006482.pub2.

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  1. 1

    Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and Centro Universitário Feevale, Department of Pulmonology - Pavilhão Pereira Filho, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

  2. 2

    Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Department of Pulmonology - Pavilhão Pereira Filho, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

  3. 3

    University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA

*Paulo José Zimermann Teixeira, Department of Pulmonology - Pavilhão Pereira Filho, Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and Centro Universitário Feevale, Rua Prof Annes Dias, 285, 1a. andar - Bairro Centro, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, CEP 90020-090, Brazil. paulozt@via-rs.net.

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  1. Publication Status: New
  2. Published Online: 8 OCT 2008

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    Quantitative versus qualitative cultures of respiratory secretions for clinical outcomes in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia

    Danilo Cortozi Berton, Andre C Kalil and Paulo José Zimermann Teixeira

    Article first published online: 18 JAN 2012 | DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006482.pub3

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    Quantitative versus qualitative cultures of respiratory secretions for clinical outcomes in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia

    Danilo Cortozi Berton, Andre C Kalil, Manuela Cavalcanti and Paulo José Zimermann Teixeira

    Article first published online: 8 OCT 2008 | DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006482.pub2

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    Quantitative versus qualitative cultures of respiratory secretions for clinical outcomes in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia

    DC Berton, AC Kalil, M Cavalcanti and PJZ Teixeira

    Article first published online: 16 JUL 2008 | DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006482

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