Acinetobacter is the most common pathogen associated with late-onset and recurrent ventilator-associated pneumonia in an adult intensive care unit in Saudi Arabia | Zendy

Aiman ElSaed | Zendy; Hanan H. Balkhy | Zendy; Hasan M. AlDorzi | Zendy; Raymond Khan | Zendy; Asgar Rishu | Zendy; Yaseen M. Arabi | Zendy

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Acinetobacter is the most common pathogen associated with late-onset and recurrent ventilator-associated pneumonia in an adult intensive care unit in Saudi Arabia

Author(s) -

Aiman ElSaed,

Hanan H. Balkhy,

Hasan M. AlDorzi,

Raymond Khan,

Asgar Rishu,

Yaseen M. Arabi

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.02.004

Subject(s) - acinetobacter , medicine , ventilator associated pneumonia , pneumonia , streptococcus pneumoniae , acinetobacter baumannii , intensive care unit , incidence (geometry) , microbiology and biotechnology , pseudomonas aeruginosa , klebsiella pneumoniae , haemophilus , antibiotics , biology , bacteria , genetics , physics , optics , biochemistry , escherichia coli , gene

The guidelines for initial empiric antimicrobial therapy for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) are highly dependent on the type of causative pathogen and the time of diagnosis. The objective of this study was to examine the microbial causes of VAP and describe any variability by the timing of VAP onset and over time.

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