Marcelo Jenne Mimica

Bacterial Colonization of Mechanical Ventilation Circuits in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Daniela G. Moreira, Eitan Naaman Berezin & Marcelo Jenne Mimica · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2014

To identify the onset time of bacterial proliferation in mechanical ventilator circuits in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and the colonizing agents involved, as well to verify any possible pre-use contamination, we conducted a prospective microbiological analysis of the c...