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Determinants and impact of multidrug antibiotic resistance in pathogens causing ventilator-associated-pneumonia.

Depuydt PO, Vandijck DM, Bekaert MA, Decruyenaere JM, Blot SI, Vogelaers DP, Benoit DD.

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Bacteremia in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia is associated with increased mortality: A study comparing bacteremic vs. nonbacteremic ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Agbaht K, Diaz E, Muñoz E, Lisboa T, Gomez F, Depuydt PO, Blot SI, Rello J.

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Multiple-drug-resistant bacteria in patients with severe acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Prevalence, risk factors, and outcome.

Nseir S, Di Pompeo C, Cavestri B, Jozefowicz E, Nyunga M, Soubrier S, Roussel-Delvallez M, Saulnier F, Mathieu D, Durocher A.

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Does de-escalation of antibiotic therapy for ventilator-associated pneumonia affect the likelihood of recurrent pneumonia or mortality in critically ill surgical patients?

Eachempati SR, Hydo LJ, Shou J, Barie PS.

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Early predictors for infection recurrence and death in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Combes A, Luyt CE, Fagon JY, Wolff M, Trouillet JL, Chastre J.

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Ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by multidrug-resistant organisms or Pseudomonas aeruginosa: prevalence, incidence, risk factors, and outcomes.

Parker CM, Kutsogiannis J, Muscedere J, Cook D, Dodek P, Day AG, Heyland DK; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group.

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Systematic surveillance cultures as a tool to predict involvement of multidrug antibiotic resistant bacteria in ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Depuydt P, Benoit D, Vogelaers D, Decruyenaere J, Vandijck D, Claeys G, Verschraegen G, Blot S.

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The effect of late-onset ventilator-associated pneumonia in determining patient mortality.

Kollef MH, Silver P, Murphy DM, Trovillion E.

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Reappraisal of Pseudomonas aeruginosa hospital-acquired pneumonia mortality in the era of metallo-beta-lactamase-mediated multidrug resistance: a prospective observational study.

Zavascki AP, Barth AL, Fernandes JF, Moro AL, Gonçalves AL, Goldani LZ.

Crit Care. 2006;10(4):R114.PMID: 16882337 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Impact of superinfection on hospital length of stay and costs in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Eagye KJ, Nicolau DP, Kuti JL.

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Incidence and risk factors for the development of acute renal failure in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Gursel G, Demir N.

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Risk factors for early-onset, ventilator-associated pneumonia in critical care patients: selected multiresistant versus nonresistant bacteria.

Akça O, Koltka K, Uzel S, Cakar N, Pembeci K, Sayan MA, Tütüncü AS, Karakas SE, Calangu S, Ozkan T, Esen F, Telci L, Sessler DI, Akpir K.

Anesthesiology. 2000 Sep;93(3):638-45.PMID: 10969295 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Predictors of 30-day mortality and hospital costs in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia attributed to potentially antibiotic-resistant gram-negative bacteria.

Kollef KE, Schramm GE, Wills AR, Reichley RM, Micek ST, Kollef MH.

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Late-onset ventilator-associated pneumonia in nontrauma intensive care unit patients.

Gacouin A, Barbarot N, Camus C, Salomon S, Isslame S, Marque S, Lavoué S, Donnio PY, Thomas R, Le Tulzo Y.

Anesth Analg. 2009 Nov;109(5):1584-90. Epub 2009 Aug 27.PMID: 19713267 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Impact of piperacillin resistance on the outcome of Pseudomonas ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Combes A, Luyt CE, Fagon JY, Wolff M, Trouillet JL, Chastre J.

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Ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients undergoing major heart surgery: an incidence study in Europe.

Hortal J, Muñoz P, Cuerpo G, Litvan H, Rosseel PM, Bouza E; European Study Group on Nosocomial Infections; European Workgroup of Cardiothoracic Intensivists.

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Ventilator-associated pneumonia. A multivariate analysis.

Kollef MH.

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

Rocha Lde A, Vilela CA, Cezário RC, Almeida AB, Gontijo Filho P.

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Inadequate treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia: risk factors and impact on outcomes.

Teixeira PJ, Seligman R, Hertz FT, Cruz DB, Fachel JM.

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The influence of mini-BAL cultures on patient outcomes: implications for the antibiotic management of ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Kollef MH, Ward S.

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