Variations in Etiology of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia across Four Treatment Sites: Implications for Antimicrobial Prescribing Practices

Rello, Jordi; Sa-Borges, Marcio; Loaiza Correa, Humberto; LEAL, SANTIAGO-RAMON; Baraibar, Jorge

doi:10.1164/ajrccm.160.2.9812034

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Variations in Etiology of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia across Four Treatment Sites: Implications for Antimicrobial Prescribing Practices

Published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine • Aug 1, 1999

Authors:

Jordi Rello

Marcio Sa-Borges

Humberto Loaiza Correa

Abstract

This retrospective multicenter study compared microorganisms documented by quantitative cultures from bronchoscopic samples in episodes of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) from three different institutions in Barcelona (B), Montevideo (M), and Seville (S). The observations were compared with th...

Subject

Medicine

Acinetobacter baumannii

Etiology

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