Prevalence of Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens and Their Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern from Late-Onset Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Patients from a Tertiary-Care Hospital in North India

Prevalence of Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens and Their Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern from Late-Onset Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Patients from a Tertiary-Care Hospital in North India

Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is seen as being most common in critically ill patients in intensive care units. Diagnostic protocol is challenging and the treatment is often difficult. Incorrectly selected antibiotic therapy further leads to the emergence of multidrug-resistant (M...

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Main Authors: Varsha Gupta, Nidhi Singla, Satinder Gombar, Sanjeev Palta, Jagdish Chander
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:The Journal of Association of Chest Physicians
Subjects:
Antibiotic resistance
etiology
North india
ventilator-associated pneumonia
Online Access:http://www.jacpjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2320-8775;year=2018;volume=6;issue=1;spage=4;epage=11;aulast=Gupta

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