Causative agents and resistance among hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia patients at Srinagarind Hospital, northeastern Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 490-502

  Reechaipichitkul, Wipa ^a   Phondongnok, Saisamon ^a   Bourpoern, Janpen ^a   Chaimanee, Prajuab ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Causative agents; Cost; Drug resistance; Hospital acquired pneumonia (hap); Thailand; Ventilator associated pneumonia (vap)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882630474     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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