Ventilator-associated pneumonia: Problems with diagnosis and therapy

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 437-449

  Wiener Kronish, Jeanine P ^a   Dorr, Henry Isaiah ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

biomarkers; chlorhexidine; clone libraries; molecular arrays; nosocomial pneumonia; PAI 1; quantitative cultures; ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHLORHEXIDINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; FIBRIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; TRIGGERING RECEPTOR EXPRESSED ON MYELOID CELLS;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOFILM; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ENTERIC FEEDING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FIBRIN DEPOSITION; GENE LIBRARY; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONOTHERAPY; MOUTH FLORA; MOUTH HYGIENE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RISK FACTORS; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 49349094372     PISSN: 15216896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2008.05.002     Document Type: Review

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