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Patterns and dynamics of airway colonisation in mechanically-ventilated patients.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 May 2007
Berdal J-E, Bjørnholt J, Blomfeldt A, Smith-Erichsen N, Bukholm G
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The aim of this study was to investigate the patterns and dynamics of the microbiota in the airways of ventilated patients. Seventy-four mechanically-ventilated patients were recruited consecutively, and oropharyngeal, tracheal and bronchoalveolar (BAL) fluid specimens were collected 48 h after i...
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