Risk factors for early-onset, ventilator-associated pneumonia in critical care patients: Selected multiresistant versus nonresistant bacteria

Anesthesiology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 638-645

  Akça, Ozan ^a,b   Koltka, Kemalettin ^c   Uzel, Serdar ^c   Çakar, Nahit ^c   Pembeci, Kamil ^c   Sayan, Mehmet A ^c   Tütüncü, Ahmet S ^c   Karakas, Serife Eti ^c   Çalangu, Semra ^c   Özkan, Tülay ^c   Esen, Figen ^c   Telci, Lütfi ^c   Sessler, Daniel I ^b,d,e   Akpir, Kutay ^c  

^a Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Outcomes Research Institute   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Antibiotic resistance; Infection; Intensive care; Nosocomial

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0033822180     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200009000-00011     Document Type: Article

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