Ventilator-associated pneumonia in an adult clinical-surgical intensive care unit of a Brazilian university hospital: incidence, risk factors, etiology, and antibiotic resistance

Autor: Laura de Andrade da Rocha, Carolina Assis Pereira Vilela, Renata Cristina Cezário, Alair Benedito Almeida, Paulo Gontijo Filho

Publikováno v: Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 80-85

The objective of this study was to evaluate clinical characteristics, etiology, and resistance to antimicrobial agents, among patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). A case study vs. patients control under mechanical ventilation and hosp

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Risk factors and evolution of Ventilator-associated pneumonia by Staphylococcus aureus sensitive or resistant to oxacillin in patients at the intensive care unit of a Brazilian University Hospital

Autor: Paulo Pinto Gontijo Filho, Renata L. Cardoso, Michel Rodrigues Moreira, Alair Benedito Almeida

Publikováno v: Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume: 12, Issue: 6, Pages: 499-503, Published: DEC 2008
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 12, Iss 6, Pp 499-503
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases v.12 n.6 2008
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases (BSID)
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This study investigated the participation and risk factors of VAP by resistant (ORSA) or sensitive (OSSA) S. aureus to oxacillin and evaluated the implications of adequate or inadequate empirical antimicrobial therapeutics in its evolution in patient

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