Epidemiology of ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis and ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients with inhalation injury at the burn centre in Brno (Czech Republic)

Annals of Burns and Fire Disasters

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 120-125

  Lipovy, B ^a,b   Rihova H ^a   Gregorova, N ^a   Hanslianova, M ^a   Zaloudikova, Z ^a,b   Kaloudova, Y ^a   Brychta, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Gram negative bacterial strains; Inhalation injury; Resistance; Ventilator associated pneumonia; Ventilator associated tracheobronchitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855535618     PISSN: 11211539     EISSN: 15929566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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