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Braz. j. med. biol. res ; 34(8): 993-1001, Aug. 2001. ilus, tab
Artículo en Inglés | LILACS | ID: lil-290147

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The purpose of the present study was to validate the quantitative culture and cellularity of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) for the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). A prospective validation test trial was carried out between 1992 and 1997 in a general adult intensive care unit of a teaching hospital. Thirty-seven patients on mechanical ventilation with suspected VAP who died at most three days after a BAL diagnostic procedure were submitted to a postmortem lung biopsy. BAL effluent was submitted to Gram staining, quantitative culture and cellularity count. Postmortem lung tissue quantitative culture and histopathological findings were considered to be the gold standard exams for VAP diagnosis. According to these criteria, 20 patients (54 percent) were diagnosed as having VAP and 17 (46 percent) as not having the condition. Quantitative culture of BAL effluent showed 90 percent sensitivity (18/20), 94.1 percent specificity (16/17), 94.7 percent positive predictive value and 88.8 percent negative predictive value. Fever and leukocytosis were useless for VAP diagnosis. Gram staining of BAL effluent was negative in 94.1 percent of the patients without VAP (16/17). Regarding the total cellularity of BAL, a cut-off point of 400,000 cells/ml showed a specificity of 94.1 percent (16/17), and a cut-off point of 50 percent of BAL neutrophils showed a sensitivity of 90 percent (19/20). In conclusion, BAL quantitative culture, Gram staining and cellularity might be useful in the diagnostic investigation of VAP


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Humanos , Masculino , Adulto , Femenino , Lavado Broncoalveolar/normas , Infección Hospitalaria/patología , Pulmón/microbiología , Neumonía Bacteriana/patología , Respiración Artificial/efectos adversos , Biopsia/métodos , Líquido del Lavado Bronquioalveolar/citología , Líquido del Lavado Bronquioalveolar/microbiología , Broncoscopía , Infección Hospitalaria/microbiología , Pulmón/patología , Neumonía Bacteriana/microbiología , Valor Predictivo de las Pruebas , Sensibilidad y Especificidad
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