Acinetobacter is the most common pathogen associated with late-onset and recurrent ventilator-associated pneumonia in an adult intensive care unit in Saudi Arabia

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  El Saed, Aiman ^a,b,c,d   Balkhy, Hanan H ^a,b,c   Al Dorzi, Hasan M ^a,c   Khan, Raymond ^a   Rishu, Asgar H ^a   Arabi, Yaseen M ^a,c  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b WHO Collaborating Center for Infection Prevention and Control   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^d MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter; Microbiology; Saudi Arabia; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEDATION; SERRATIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; STOMACH INTUBATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ACINETOBACTER; MICROBIOLOGY; SAUDI ARABIA; VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; SAUDI ARABIA; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881548156     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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