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Figure 5

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

Figure 5

Microbiological species either retrieved or lost from BF analysis in comparison to respiratory samples (TBA-BAL) or global colonization (TBA-BAL, CVC-AC, urinalysis and other colonization/infection sites). (A) number of microbiological species either retrieved or lost from BF analysis in comparison to respiratory samples for each patient ; (B) absolute value of the median number of microbiological species either retrieved or lost from BF analysis in comparison to respiratory samples, all patients combined ; (C) number of microbiological species either retrieved or lost from BF analysis in comparison to global colonization for each patient ; (D) absolute value of the median number of microbiological species either retrieved or lost from BF analysis in comparison to global colonization, all patients combined ; (E) lost and found differential for BF microbiological species in comparison to respiratory samples or global colonization for each patient ; (F) absolute value of the median lost and found differential for BF microbiological species in comparison to respiratory samples or global colonization, all patients combined. AC arterial catheter, BAL bronchoalveolar lavage, BF biofilm, CVC central veinous catheter, TBA tracheobronchial aspirate.

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