Etiology of ventilator-associated pneumonia in a university hospital. Association with comorbidity, previous use of antibiotics and mortality;Etiología de la neumonía asociada a ventilación mecánica en un hospital clínico. Asociación con co-morbilidad, uso previo de antimicrobianos y mortalidad

Revista Chilena de Infectologia

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-136

  Ruiz Carmona, Mauricio ^a   Guerrero P , Julia ^a   Romero P , Carlos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Etiology; Intensive care unit; Methicillin resistance; Staphylococcus aureus; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; CHILE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APACHE; CHILE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34248372399     PISSN: 07161018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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