Airway microbiome dynamics and relationship to ventilator‐associated infection in intubated pediatric patients
Tarquinio KM, Karsies T, Shein SL, Beardsley A, Khemani R, Schwarz A, Smith L, Flori H, Karam O, Cao Q, Haider Z, Smirnova E, Serrano MG, Buck GA, Willson DF. Airway microbiome dynamics and relationship to ventilator‐associated infection in intubated pediatric patients. Pediatric Pulmonology 2021, 57: 508-518. PMID: 34811963, PMCID: PMC8809006, DOI: 10.1002/ppul.25769.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVentilator-associated infectionDays of intubationAirway microbiomeSerial tracheal aspirate samplesPediatric intensive care unitIntensive care unitIntubated pediatric patientsTracheal aspirate samplesTracheal microbiomePediatric patientsCare unitClinical parametersIntubation periodClinical variablesAntibiotic treatmentVentilated subjectsAspirate samplesInfection scoreMedian numberSubject demographicsPorphyromonadaceae familyMicrobiome patternsIntubationVeillonella atypicaPatients