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Biofilm formation on endotracheal and tracheostomy tubing: A systematic review and meta-analysis of culture data and sampling method.
2025-02-25
Abstract excerpt
<h4>Objectives: </h4> Biofilm formation on tracheal tubing is a key risk factor for ventilator-associated pneumonia. The microbiology of endotracheal tubing has been reviewed systematically but the profile of tracheostomy tubing has not. Analysis of the tube-associated microbiome is not standardised, and sampling methods are varied. We seek to compare the microbiome of patients intubated by endotracheal or tracheo...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 3b1998f2-1a74-55b1-88f6-f44590db71a8
- DOI
- 10.22541/au.174048689.91496251/v1
