Antimicrobial use, incidence, etiology and resistance patterns in bacteria causing ventilator-associated pneumonia in a clinical-surgical intensive care unit

Antimicrobial use, incidence, etiology and resistance patterns in bacteria causing ventilator-associated pneumonia in a clinical-surgical intensive care unit

INTRODUCTION : Antimicrobial resistance is an increasing threat in hospitalized patients, and inappropriate empirical antimicrobial therapy is known to adversely affect outcomes in ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). The aim of this study was to evaluate antimicrobial usage, incidence, etiolo...

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Main Authors: Michel Rodrigues Moreira, Munick Paula Guimarães, Aurélia Aparecida de Araújo Rodrigues, Paulo Pinto Gontijo Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2013-01-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Antibiotic consumption
Intensive care unit
Ventilator-associated pneumonia
Antimicrobial resistance
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822013000100039&lng=en&tlng=en

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