Open AccessAcinetobacter pneumonia: Is the outcome different from the pneumonias caused by other agents
Author(s) -
Ebru Çakır Edis,
Osman Nuri Hatipoğlu,
Özlem Tansel,
Necdet Süt
Publication year - 2010
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 - 10.4103/1817-1737.62472
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , acinetobacter , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , biology
The principal aim of the present study was to determine whether Acinetobacter spp. pneumonia differs from hospital-acquired pneumonias (HAPs) caused by other agents with respect to therapeutic success and survival rate.