Ventilator-associated pneumonia: Diagnosis, treatment, and prevention

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 637-657

  Koenig, Steven M ^a   Truwit, Jonathon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; METICILLIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SULTAMICILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ALGORITHM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOOD CULTURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG LAVAGE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PLEURA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33750037309     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CMR.00051-05     Document Type: Review

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