Recommendations for treatment of Hospital-acquired and ventilator- associated pneumonia: Review of recent international guidelines

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  File Jr , Thomas M ^a  

^a SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERTAPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; BACTERIA; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; TIME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955668584     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/653048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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