Diagnostic Value of Quantitative Cultures of Bronchoalveolar Lavage and Telescoping Plugged Catheters in Mechanically Ventilated Patients with Bacterial Pneumonia

Selection and interpretation of diagnostic tests and procedures. Principles and applications.

1981 • 783 citations

Detection of Nosocomial Lung Infection in Ventilated Patients: Use of a Protected Specimen Brush and Quantitative Culture Techniques in 147 Patients

1988 • 434 citations

A fiberoptic bronchoscopy technique to obtain uncontaminated lower airway secretions for bacterial culture.

1979 • 410 citations

Prospective evaluation of the protected specimen brush for the diagnosis of pulmonary infections in ventilated patients.

1984 • 366 citations

Diagnosis of nosocomial bacterial pneumonia in intubated patients undergoing ventilation: comparison of the usefulness of bronchoalveolar lavage and the protected specimen brush

1988 • 323 citations

Bronchoalveolar Lavage for Diagnosing Acute Bacterial Pneumonia

1987 • 321 citations

Diagnosing Bacterial Respiratory Infection by Bronchoalveolar Lavage

1987 • 321 citations

Use of a Bronchoscopic Protected Catheter Brush for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Infections

1982 • 269 citations

Use of the Protected Specimen Brush in Patients with Endotracheal or Tracheostomy Tubes

1987 • 169 citations

Should fiberoptic bronchoscopy aspirates be cultured?

1976 • 166 citations

Diagnostic Value of Telescoping Plugged Catheters in Mechanically Ventilated Patients with Bacterial Pneumonia Using the Metras Catheter

1988 • 160 citations

Diagnosis of bacterial pulmonary infections with quantitative protected catheter cultures obtained during bronchoscopy

1983 • 155 citations

Reliability of the Bronchoscopic Protected Catheter Brush in Intubated and Ventilated Patients

1985 • 90 citations

Bacteriologic diagnosis of nosocomial pneumonia in primates. Usefulness of the protected specimen brush.

1982 • 82 citations

Sensitivity, specificity, and risk of diagnostic procedures in a canine model of Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia.

1982 • 81 citations

Pulmonary Infiltrates in Immunocompromised Patients

1989 • 71 citations

Etiologic diagnosis of bacterial nosocomial pneumonia in seriously ill patients

1985 • 51 citations

The Telescoping Plugged Catheter in Suspected Anaerobic Infections

1983 • 43 citations

Blind use of the double-lumen plugged catheter for diagnosis of respiratory tract infections in critically ill children

1984 • 39 citations

The value of bronchoscopy in establishing the etiology of pneumonia in renal transplant recipients.

1982 • 38 citations

A comparative evaluation of two fiberoptic bronchoscopy catheters: the plugged telescoping catheter versus the single sheathed nonplugged catheter.

1982 • 32 citations

Use of protected telescoping brush system in the management of bacterial pulmonary infection in intubated patients

1985 • 31 citations