Burden and risk factors for<i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>community-acquired pneumonia: a multinational point prevalence study of hospitalised patients

I. Restrepo, Marcos; L. Babu, Bettina; Felipe Reyes, Luis; D. Chalmers, James; J. Soni, Nilam; Sibila, Oriol; Faverio, Paola; Cillóniz, Catia; Rodríguez-Cintrón, William; Aliberti, Stefano

doi:10.1183/13993003.01190-2017

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Burden and risk factors forPseudomonas aeruginosacommunity-acquired pneumonia: a multinational point prevalence study of hospitalised patients

Published in European Respiratory Journal • Jul 5, 2018

Authors:

Marcos I. Restrepo

Bettina L. Babu

Luis Felipe Reyes

Abstract

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a challenging bacterium to treat due to its intrinsic resistance to the antibiotics used most frequently in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Data about the global burden and risk factors associated with P. aeruginosa -CAP are limited. We assessed the multin...

Subject

Medicine

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Pneumonia

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