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• Atypical and opportunistic pulmonary infections after cardiac surgery

  Background. New diseases and therapies that lead to marked immunocompromise, have brought to medicine so-called opportunistic infections, caused by pathogens that usually do not cause disease in the presence of a healthy immune system. First diagnosed in AIDS patients, opportunistic infections…

• Quantitative culture sampling of tracheal aspirates for diagnosis of nosocomial pneumonia in the ITU

  Background. Nosocomial pneumonia is defined as a pneumonia developing within 48 hours of admission in a patient with previously normal lung tissue. Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) due to migration of microorganisms from the nose, throat and digestive tract is typical in ITU patients. Microbiol…