Bacterial colonization patterns in mechanically ventilated patients with traumatic and medical head injury: Incidence, risk factors, and association with ventilator-associated pneumonia

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 188-198

  Ewig, Santiago ^a,c   Torres, Antoni ^a,b   El Ebiary, Mustafa ^a   Fàbregas, Neus ^a   Hernández, Carmen ^a   González, Julià ^a   Nicolás, Jose Maria ^a   Soto, Luis ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^d Hosp de Enferm de Tórax   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032943961     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.159.1.9803097     Document Type: Article

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