Carbapenem restriction reduce the incidence of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in ventilator associated pneumonia

Chinese Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 234-236

  Xue, Xin Sheng ^a   Wang, Bo ^a   Deng, Li Jing ^a   Kang, Yan ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbapenem; Multidrug resistant acinetobacter baumannii; Restriction; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARBAPENEMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED;

EID: 65549087608     PISSN: 10030603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1003-0603.2009.04.013     Document Type: Article

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