Respiratory nosocomial infections in the medical intensive care unit

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 292-301

  Cavalcanti, Manuela ^a   Valencia, Mauricio ^a   Torres, Antoni ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial therapy; Non response; Pneumonia; Ventilator

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; IMIPENEM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RANITIDINE; SUCRALFATE;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BODY POSITION; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STRESS ULCER; SUPERINFECTION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VENTILATOR;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 15244356062     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2004.12.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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