Open AccessIncidence, bacteriology, and clinical outcome of ventilator-associated pneumonia at tertiary care hospital
Author(s) -
Harsha V. Patil,
Virendra C. Patil
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of natural science, biology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2229-7707
pISSN - 0976-9668
DOI - 10.4103/0976-9668.198360
Subject(s) - ventilator associated pneumonia , medicine , incidence (geometry) , acinetobacter , bacteriology , pseudomonas aeruginosa , pneumonia , intensive care unit , klebsiella pneumonia , case fatality rate , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , epidemiology , biology , bacteria , physics , genetics , optics
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most frequent Intensive Care Unit acquired infection.