Scheduled change of antibiotic classes a strategy to decrease the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 4 PART I, 1997, Pages 1040-1048

  Kollef, Marin H ^a,b   Vlasnik, Jon ^a   Sharpless, Linda ^a   Pasque, Christina ^a   Murphy, Denise ^a   Fraser, Victoria ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030874060     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.156.4.9701046     Document Type: Article

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