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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 ribbon- and mushroom-shaped ETT-deposited BF. (A) compared percentage of ETT retrieving both bacterial and fungal species between ribbon- and mushroom-shaped ETT-deposited BF ; (B) compared number of both bacterial and fungal species between ribbon- and mushroom-shaped ETT-deposited BF ; (C) compared distribution of both bacterial and fungal species between ribbon- and mushroom-shaped ETT-deposited BF. BF biofilm, ETT endotracheal tube, ns not significant. 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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