PMID: 8950558Oct 1, 1996Paper

Diagnostic value of direct examination of protected specimen brush samples in nosocomial pneumonia

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases : Official Publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology
A H MertensD Coolen

Abstract

The value of direct examination of Giemsa and Gram stains of cytospin preparations of protected specimen brush samples was compared to that of quantitative culture. Sixty-one samples from patients suspected to have nosocomial pneumonia were analysed. Twenty-five samples were positive by quantitative culture, 21 of which contained microorganisms seen by direct examination. The presence of leucocytes was not specific for a positive culture, but in their absence, a positive culture was unlikely. The presence of intracellular organisms always correlated with a positive culture, but was not very sensitive.

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May 1, 1998·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine·A H MertensD Coolen
Nov 9, 2000·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine·F BlotG Nitenberg
Jan 18, 2006·Treatments in Respiratory Medicine·Gunnar I Andriesse, Jan Verhoef
Sep 8, 2010·European Journal of Internal Medicine·Noyal Mariya JosephSubhash Chandra Parija
Feb 24, 2001·The Medical Clinics of North America·B A Cunha

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