Hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia in adults at Siriraj Hospital: Etiology, clinical outcomes, and impact of antimicrobial resistance

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 93, Issue SUPPL 1, 2010, Pages

  Werarak, Peerawong ^a   Kiratisin, Pattarachai ^a   Thamlikitkul, Visanu ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Hospital acquired pneumonia; Nosocomial pneumonia; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 77951896696     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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