Ventilator-associated pneumonia: Current management strategies

Infections in Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 248-259

  De Rosa, Francesco G ^a   Craven, Donald E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Pneumonia, hospital acquired; Pneumonia, ventilator associated

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; INFLUENZA VACCINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLYMYXIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CHOICE; EMPIRICISM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LUNG LAVAGE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOGENESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 0041565111     PISSN: 07496524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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