Antibiotics might do more than cause resistance

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 189, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1157-1158

  Bonten, Marc J M ^a   Waterer, Grant W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG RESPONSE; EDITORIAL; EXTUBATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84901036392     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201404-0682ED     Document Type: Editorial

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