Respiratory Cultures
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Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention
This 2006 Clinical Microbiology Reviews' article reviews the literature with regard to diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. It provides conclusions that can be implemented in practice as well as an algorithm for the bedside clinicial and also focuses on the controversies with regard to diagnostic tools and appraoches, treatment plans, and prevention strategies.
S.M. Koenig and J.D. Truwit
Clin. Microbiol. Rev. October 2006 19: 637-657
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ASM’s Cumitech 7B: Lower Respiratory Tract Infections is a revised presentation of clinical aspects of diseases associated with the lower respiratory tract, specimen collection, specimen processing, and the interpretation of bacterial cultures. The most common organisms associated with infections of the lower respiratory tract are covered, as are methods for implementing change in the laboratory, guidelines for frequency of testing, and public health issues. This Cumitech includes tables detailing specimen collection and transport, specimens commonly obtained, criteria for assessing specimen quality, and CPT coding guidance for diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infections.
ASM’s Cumitech 10A: Laboratory Diagnosis of Upper Respiratory Tract Infections provides detailed coverage of bacterial infections, including pharyngitis, laryngitis, rhinitis, epiglottitis, sinusitis, otitis media, and otitis externa. It serves as a concise laboratory resource, chronicling the most common bacterial and fungal etiologies and describing laboratory test selection, specimen collection, and specimen processing. Cumitech 10A additionally discusses less common bacterial infections such as diphtheria, pertussis, Lemierre's disease, and Vincent's angina and fungal infections including oropharyngeal candidiasis and rhinocerebral zygomycosis. A complete listing of reimbursement codes is included for all procedures that are covered.
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Visit the ASM eStore to purchase Cumitech 7B and Cumitech 10A (print and/or web download), or Cumitechs Online, a web resource for electronic access to all current Cumitech publications.
