A comparison of microbiology and demographics among patients with healthcare-associated, hospital-acquired, and ventilator-associated pneumonia: a retrospective analysis of 1184 patients from a large, international study

BACKGROUND: Acceptance of healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) as an entity and the associated risk of infection by potentially multidrug-resistant (MDR) organisms such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter have been debated. We therefore compared pat...

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Autores principales: Quartin, Andrew A, Scerpella, Ernesto G, Puttagunta, Sailaja, Kett, Daniel H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4222644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24279701
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-561

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4222644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24279701
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-561

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