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From: Endotracheal tube biofilm in critically ill patients during the COVID-19 pandemic : description of an underestimated microbiological compartment

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Microbiological characterization of ETT-deposited BF in comparison to respiratory samples (TBA-BAL). (A) compared percentage of ETT retrieving both bacterial and fungal species between ETT-deposited BF and respiratory samples; (B) compared number of both bacterial and fungal species between ETT-deposited BF and respiratory samples ; (C) compared distribution of both bacterial and fungal species between ETT-deposited BF and respiratory samples. BAL bronchoalveolar lavage, BF biofilm, ETT endotracheal tube, ns not significant, TBA tracheobronchial aspirate. Other (microbiological species retrieved < 5%) : Candida kefyr, Candida lusitaniae, Candida parapsilosis, Candida tropicalis, Citrobacter freundii, Enterobacter cancerogenus, Enterococcus durans, Klebsiella aerogenes, Klebsiella variicola, Lactobacillus gasseri, Lactobacillus paracasei, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Morganella morganii, Neisseria mucosa, Propionibacterium acnes, Proteus mirabilis, Pseudomonas oryzihabitans, Raoultella ornithinolytica, Serratia rubidae, Staphylococcus hominis, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.

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