%0 Journal Article %T Clinical usefulness of a perioperative bacteriological culture to treat patients with postoperative pneumonia after esophagectomy %A Akira Tomokuni %A Hidenori Takahashi %A Hirofumi Akita %A Hiroshi Wada %A Junichi Nishimura %A Kazuyoshi Yamamoto %A Kei Asukai %A Keijiro Sugimura %A Masahiko Yano %A Masayoshi Yasui %A Masayuki Oue %A Takeshi Omori %A Tomoyuki Matsunaga %A Yoshitomo Yanagimoto %A Yusuke Takahashi %J Archive of "Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery". %D 2019 %R 10.1002/ags3.12210 %X The aim of the present study was to examine the usefulness of a perioperative bacteriological culture in predicting the pathogenic bacteria responsible for postoperative pneumonia after esophagectomy %K bacteria %K detection %K esophageal cancer %K esophagectomy %K pneumonia %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6345656/