Hospital-acquired pneumonia in ICU patients

Biomedical Papers

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 259-264

  Uvizl, Radovan ^a   Hanulik, Vojtěch ^b   Husickova, Vendula ^b   Sedlakova, Miroslava Htoutou ^b   Adamus, Milan ^a   Kolar, Milan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OLOMOUC   (Czech Republic)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bacterial pathogens; Hospital acquired pneumonia; Mortality; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84255171332     PISSN: 12138118     EISSN: 18047521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5507/bp.2011.067     Document Type: Article

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