Respiratory infection in the chronically critically ill patient: Ventilator-associated pneumonia and tracheobronchitis

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 71-85

  Ahmed, Qanta A A ^a   Niederman, Michael S ^b,c  

^a KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AZLOCILLIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CARBENICILLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COLISTIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; MEZLOCILLIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TICARCILLIN; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOST RESISTANCE; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0035067089     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-5231(05)70026-5     Document Type: Article

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