Infection control in intensive care units and prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia

Seminars in Respiratory Infections

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 327-335

  Bonten, Marc J M ^a,b   Weinstein, Robert A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTACID AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; GLUTAMINE; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; NYSTATIN; OFLOXACIN; POLYMYXIN; SUCRALFATE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENTERIC FEEDING; ERADICATION THERAPY; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE DIGESTIVE DECONTAMINATION; STRESS ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034492922     PISSN: 08820546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/srin.2000.20936     Document Type: Article

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