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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2026

Structured clinical adjudication of

Killen H Briones-Claudett, Jaime Benites Solís, María Fernanda Pico Mendoza, Pedro Barberan-Torres, Diana C Briones Márquez, Catherine Parreno, Ivonne Asqui, Anahí D Briones-Zamora, Killen H Briones-Zamora

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Killen H Briones-ClaudettUniversidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo, Samborondón, Ecuador.
Jaime Benites SolísOmni Hospital, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
María Fernanda Pico MendozaBriones PulmoCare, Medical Education and Research Group, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Pedro Barberan-TorresUniversidad Internacional del Ecuador (UIDE), Quito, Ecuador.
Diana C Briones MárquezBriones PulmoCare, Medical Education and Research Group, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Catherine ParrenoHospital Clínica Panamericana, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Ivonne AsquiInstituto Ecuatoriano de Seguridad Social (IESS), Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Anahí D Briones-ZamoraUniversidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo, Samborondón, Ecuador.
Killen H Briones-ZamoraUniversidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo, Samborondón, Ecuador.

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Abstract

Background: Lower respiratory tract infections developing during invasive mechanical ventilation in patients with severe COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) present important diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Case presentation: A 65-year-old woman with hypertension and obesity was admitted with severe COVID-19 ARDS requiring invasive mechanical ventilation after failure of high-flow nasal cannula. Baseline laboratory evaluation demonstrated leukocytosis (15.65 × 10 Conclusion: This case illustrates the application of a structured clinical adjudication process to interpret recovery of an uncommon respiratory microorganism under conditions of microbiological uncertainty. Integration of quantitative bronchoalveolar lavage culture, rapid multiplex PCR, host factors, radiological assessment, and clinical evolution may support antimicrobial optimization while avoiding overinterpretation of uncommon respiratory isolates. The proposed approach should be regarded as an educational and descriptive clinical illustration requiring evaluation in future studies.

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acute respiratory distress syndromeantimicrobial stewardshipbronchoalveolar lavageclinical adjudicationCOVID-19lower respiratory tract infectionmultiplex PCRStreptomyces spp.

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PMID42723980
PMCPMC13558154

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