Mimivirus is not a frequent cause of ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill patients

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1836-1841

  Vanspauwen, M J ^a,b   Schnabel, R M ^a   Bruggeman, C A ^a,b   Drent, M ^a,c   Van Mook, W N K A ^a   Bergmans, D C J J ^a   Linssen, C F M ^a,d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c GELDERSE VALLEI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Infection; Intensive care; Virus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; APACHE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIMIVIRUS; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESUSCITATION; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; SMOKING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; VIRUS;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIMIVIRIDAE; NETHERLANDS; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA MIMIVIRUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MIMIVIRUS;

EID: 84881022078     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23655     Document Type: Article

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