Detection and quantitation of the etiologic agents of ventilator-associated pneumonia in endotracheal tube aspirates from patients in Iran [1]

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 884-885

  Rahbar, Mohammad ^a   Hajia, Massoud ^a  

^a Reference Laboratories of Iran   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFIXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; IRAN; LETTER; PREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

CROSS INFECTION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; IRAN; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TRACHEA;

EID: 33748277573     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/506410     Document Type: Letter

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