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

Indira Bairy | Zendy; Arindam Dey | Zendy

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

Author(s) -

Indira Bairy,

Arindam Dey

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

annals of thoracic medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639

H-Index - 33

eISSN - 1817-1737

pISSN - 1998-3557

DOI - 10.4103/1817-1737.32230

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

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is an important intensive care unit (ICU) infection in mechanically ventilated patients. VAP occurs approximately in 9-27% of all intubated patients. Due to the increasing incidence of multidrug-resistant organisms in ICUs, early and correct diagnosis of VAP is an urgent challenge for an optimal antibiotic treatment.

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