Prior oropharyngeal colonization and ventilator-associated pneumonia

This study evaluated the relationship between previous colonization of the oropharynx and development of ventilator-associated pneumonia through the classification of genomic fingerprint pattern by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of both oxacillin-resistant and oxacillin-susceptible Staphylococcus...

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Main Authors: Michel Rodrigues Moreira, Joseane Cristina Ferreira, Ana Lúcia da Costa Darini, Paulo Pinto Gontijo Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2014-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822014000300015&lng=en&tlng=en