High Prevalence of Multidrug-Resistant Nonfermenters in Hospital-acquired Pneumonia in Asia

Ryeon Chung, Doo; Song, Jae‐Hoon; Ys, Kim; Thamlikitkul, Visanu; Huang, Shao-Guang; Wang, Hui; Man-kit So, Thomas; Md Yasin, Rohani; Hsueh, Po‐Ren; Carlos, Celia; Yang Hsu, Li; Buntaran, Latre; K. Lalitha, M.; Ja Kim, Min; Yong Choi, Jun; Il Kim, Sang; Soo Ko, Kwan; Kang, Cheol‐In; Ran Peck, Kyong

doi:10.1164/rccm.201102-0349oc

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High Prevalence of Multidrug-Resistant Nonfermenters in Hospital-acquired Pneumonia in Asia

Published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine • Sep 16, 2011

Authors:

Doo Ryeon Chung

Jae‐Hoon Song

Kim Ys

Abstract

RATIONALE: Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) remain important causes of morbidity and mortality. Increasing antimicrobial resistance has aroused the concern of the failure of antibiotic treatment. OBJECTIVES: To determine the distribution of the bacterial is...

Subject

Medicine

Imipenem

Antibiotic resistance

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