Ventilator-associated pneumonia: Its incidence, the risk factor and drug resistance pattern in a tertiary care hospital

Ventilator-associated pneumonia: Its incidence, the risk factor and drug resistance pattern in a tertiary care hospital

Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is an infection of the lung that develops 48 h or longer after mechanical ventilation. Objectives: The present study was aimed to find out the bacteriological profile of VAP along with the resistance pattern of bacteriological isolates. Materials and...

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Main Authors: Sourabh Mitra, Rajdeep Saha, Piyali Datta, Manash Sarkar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Sahel Medical Journal
Subjects:
Metallo-beta-lactamase
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
ventilator associated pneumonia
Online Access:http://www.smjonline.org/article.asp?issn=1118-8561;year=2015;volume=18;issue=2;spage=57;epage=60;aulast=Mitra

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