Therapy of infection

Current Anaesthesia and Critical Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-33

  Rommes, J H ^a   Rios, G ^b   Zandstra, D F ^c  

^a GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

^b Hospital Dr Gustavo Fricke   (Chile)

^c ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Drug therapy; Infection; Intensive care; Selective decontamination

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFRADINE; CEFTAZIDIME; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; TAUROLIDINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE CARRIER; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ENDOSCOPY; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LARYNGITIS; LARYNGOTRACHEOBRONCHITIS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OROPHARYNX; PATHOGENICITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RELAPSE; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEPTICEMIA; SINUSITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERINFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0034983772     PISSN: 09537112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/cacc.2001.0319     Document Type: Article

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