Ventilator-associated pneumonia

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 191-198

  Jeon, Kyeongman ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Pneumonia, ventilator associated; Review; Therapeutics

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CELL CULTURE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SPUTUM CULTURE; TREATMENT DURATION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 79955391490     PISSN: 17383536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4046/trd.2011.70.3.191     Document Type: Review

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