Seawater drowning-associated pneumonia: a 10-year descriptive cohort in intensive care unit

Seawater drowning-associated pneumonia: a 10-year descriptive cohort in intensive care unit

Abstract Background Pneumonia is one of the major complications of drowning, but the optimal empirical antibiotic treatment is not clearly defined. Multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria and fungi have been identified in a recent series of freshwater drowning-associated pneumonia. However, microbial dat...

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Main Authors: Alexandre Robert, Pierre-Éric Danin, Hervé Quintard, Nicolas Degand, Nihal Martis, Denis Doyen, Céline Pulcini, Raymond Ruimy, Carole Ichai, Gilles Bernardin, Jean Dellamonica
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-04-01
Series:Annals of Intensive Care
Subjects:
Drowning
Seawater
Pneumonia
Antibiotic
Resistance
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13613-017-0267-4

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