Rotation and restricted use of antibiotics in a medical intensive care unit: Impact on the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by antibiotic-resistant gram-negative bacteria

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 3 I, 2000, Pages 837-843

  Gruson, Didier ^a,b   Hilbert, Gilles ^a   Vargas, Frederic ^a   Valentino, Ruddy ^a   Bebear, Cecile ^a   Allery, Annie ^a   Bebear, Christiane ^a   Gbikpi Benissan, Georges ^a   Cardinaud, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0033825695     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.162.3.9905050     Document Type: Article

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