Ventilator-associated pneumonia in a pediatric intensive care unit in Saudi Arabia: A 30-month prospective surveillance

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 753-758

  Almuneef, Maha ^a   Memish, Ziad A ^a   Balkhy, Hanan H ^a   Alalem, Hala ^a   Abutaleb, Abdulrahman ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENTERIC FEEDING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VENTILATOR; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4744375310     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502472     Document Type: Article

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