A comparison of microbiology and demographics among patients with healthcare-associated, hospital-acquired, and ventilator-associated pneumonia: A retrospective analysis of 1184 patients from a large, international study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Quartin, Andrew A ^a,b,c   Scerpella, Ernesto G ^d   Puttagunta, Sailaja ^d   Kett, Daniel H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare associated pneumonia; Hospital acquired pneumonia; Intensive care; Nosocomial pneumonia; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

LINEZOLID; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ACETAMIDES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CROSS INFECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXAZOLIDINONES; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 84888269806     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-561     Document Type: Article

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