Ventilator associated pneumonia and infection control

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Alp, Emine ^a,b   Voss, Andreas ^a,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; POLYMYXIN; SUCRALFATE;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ENTERIC FEEDING; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG ASPIRATION; META ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOUTH HYGIENE; NASOTRACHEAL TUBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECUMBENCY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STRESS ULCER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NETHERLANDS; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33847137254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14760711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-0711-5-7     Document Type: Review

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