Use of Quantitative Cultures and Reduced Duration of Antibiotic Regimens for Patients with Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia to Decrease Resistance in the Intensive Care Unit
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- 1 September 2006
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 43 (Supplement) , S75-S81
- https://doi.org/10.1086/504483
Abstract
Ventilator-associated pneumonia is responsible for approximately half of the infections acquired in the intensive care unit and represents one of theKeywords
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