Is it in their eyes? Correlation between microorganisms isolated from bronchial aspirates and conjunctival swabs in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

CONCLUSIONS: Our study demonstrates a strong concordance between the isolated microorganisms from both samples in patients presenting clear symptoms of clinical conjunctivitis. These findings provide a basis for future prospective studies that may leverage conjunctival swabs as a predictive tool for identifying microorganisms involved in respiratory infections.PMID:38258553 | DOI:10.37201/req/116.2023

Source: Revista Espanola de Quimioterapia - January 23, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: J Ligero-L ópez L Escosa-Garc ía C Sch üffelmann-Gutiérrez M Laplaza-Gonz ález M I Quiles-Melero F Moreno-Ramos F Baquero-Artigao J Cacho-Calvo E Cendejas-Bueno Source Type: research