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Validity of Biological Material Sampling in Patients With Hospital-acquired Pneumonia
In Brief
An observational study for Hospital Acquired Pneumonia. Completed, enrolled 56 participants.
Detailed Summary
The main objective of project is to compare validity of sampling methods performed routinely (bronchial secretion, stomach content, oropharyngeal smear) for determination of etiological agent responsible for hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) in critically ill patients to bronchoscopy-assisted protected brush method. Evaluation of the present clinical praxis using bronchial secretion sampling in HAP diagnostics and detection of the most common etiological agents in patients with HAP are other priorities of the project. Aiming to confirm or exclude the diagnosis of HAP, determine the sources and possible routes of bacterial pathogens transmission molecular biology analysis of etiological agents is performed. Finally, percentage of HAP etiological agents resistant to initial empiric antibiotic therapy will be observed.