Nosocomial pneumonia

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 387-394

  Mehta, Ravindra M ^a   Niederman, Michael S ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic therapy; Antibiotics; Colonization; Infection; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFTAZIDIME; LINEZOLID; METICILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BURN; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOTRACHEAL CUFF; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; OXYGENATION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0036322778     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001432-200208000-00006     Document Type: Review

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