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

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Published in Cochrane Database Syst Rev on October 08, 2008

Authors

Danilo Cortozi Berton1, Andre C Kalil, Manuela Cavalcanti, Paulo José Zimermann Teixeira

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pulmonology - Pavilhão Pereira Filho, Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, CEP 90020-090.

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