Predicting pathogens causing ventilator-associated pneumonia using a Bayesian network model

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 184-188

  Visscher, Stefan ^a   Kruisheer, Elize M ^a   Schurink, Carolina A M ^a   Lucas, Peter J F ^b   Bonten, Marc J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Appropriate antibiotic treatment; Decision support; ICUs

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; ROC CURVE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BAYES THEOREM; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 45749110594     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn141     Document Type: Article

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