Patterns of early and late ventilator-associated pneumonia due to methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in a trauma population

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 519-522

  Kashuk, Jeffry L ^a   Moore, Ernest E ^b   Price, Connie S ^b   Zaw Mon, Christopher ^b   Nino, Theresa ^b   Haenel, James ^b   Biffl, Walter L ^b   Burlew, C Cothren ^b   Johnson, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistant; Staphylococcus aureus; Trauma; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORADO; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957602520     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181c4521c     Document Type: Article

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