Preventing hospital-acquired pneumonia: Current concepts and strategies

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 185-200

  Craven, Donald E ^a,b   Steger, Kathleen A ^a   Fleming, Catherine A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter spp.; Aspiration; Cross infection; Infection control; Intubation; Legionella; Nosocomial pneumonia; Nosocomial sinusiris; Pneumococcus; Prevention; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Selective decontamination; Staphylococcus aureus; Vaccines; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030802242     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1009345     Document Type: Article

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