Incidence of multidrug-resistant organisms causing ventilator-associated pneumonia in a tertiary care hospital: A nine months′ prospective study

Incidence of multidrug-resistant organisms causing ventilator-associated pneumonia in a tertiary care hospital: A nine months′ prospective study

<b>Background: </b> Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is an important intensive care unit (ICU) infection in mechanically ventilated patients. VAP occurs approximately in 9-27&#x0025; of all intubated patients. Due to the increasing incidence of multidrug-resistant organisms in I...

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Main Authors: Dey Arindam, Bairy Indira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2007-01-01
Series:Annals of Thoracic Medicine
Subjects:
Multidrug-resistant organisms
nosocomial pneumonia
ventilator-associated pneumonia
Online Access:http://www.thoracicmedicine.org/article.asp?issn=1817-1737;year=2007;volume=2;issue=2;spage=52;epage=57;aulast=Dey

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