An empirical approach to the treatment of multidrug-resistant ventilator-associated pneumonia

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1119-1121

  Kollef, Marin H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; COLISTIN; METICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMORBIDITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLISTIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0038218176     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374342     Document Type: Review

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