Hospital acquired pneumonia in the medical intensive care unit -A prospective study

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 508-512

  Stebbings, A E L ^a   Ti, T Y ^b   Tan, W C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antibiotic sensitivity patterns; Mortality; Nosocomial pneumonia; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; SULTAMICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032843018     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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