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Duration of antibiotic therapy for ventilator-associated pneumonia: Comparison of 7 and 10 days. A pilot study
M. Fekih Hassen et al.
ANNALES FRANCAISES D ANESTHESIE ET DE REANIMATION (2009)
Early- and Late-Onset Pneumonia: Is This Still a Useful Classification?
Petra Gastmeier et al.
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY (2009)
Relationship of Carbapenem Restriction in 22 University Teaching Hospitals to Carbapenem Use and Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Amy L. Pakyz et al.
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY (2009)
Evaluation of Vancomycin and Daptomycin Potency Trends (MIC Creep) against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Collected in Nine US Medical Centers from 2002 to 2006
Helio S. Sader et al.
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY (2009)
Population Pharmacokinetic Analysis of Colistin Methanesulfonate and Colistin after Intravenous Administration in Critically Ill Patients with Infections Caused by Gram-Negative Bacteria
D. Plachouras et al.
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY (2009)
Serum procalcitonin for the early recognition of nosocomial infection in the critically ill patients: a preliminary report
Pierre Emmanuel Charles et al.
BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2009)
Diagnostic Implications of Soluble Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-1 in BAL Fluid of Patients With Pulmonary Infiltrates in the ICU
Nitin J. Anand et al.
CHEST (2009)
Vancomycin Therapeutic Guidelines: A Summary of Consensus Recommendations from the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, and the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists
Michael J. Rybak et al.
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2009)
Management of nosocomial pneumonia on a medical ward: a comparative study of outcomes and costs of invasive procedures
B. Herer et al.
CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION (2009)
Pharmacokinetic issues for antibiotics in the critically ill patient
Jason A. Roberts et al.
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (2009)
Soluble TREM-1 is not suitable for distinguishing between systemic inflammatory response syndrome and sepsis survivors and nonsurvivors in the early stage of acute inflammation
Christian Bopp et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY (2009)
Procalcitonin for reduced antibiotic exposure in ventilator-associated pneumonia: a randomised study
D. Stolz et al.
EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL (2009)
Feedback dose alteration significantly affects probability of pathogen eradication in nosocomial pneumonia
F. Scaglione et al.
EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL (2009)
Clinical cure of ventilator-associated pneumonia treated with piperacillin/tazobactam administered by continuous or intermittent infusion
Leonardo Lorente et al.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS (2009)
A prospective study of the diagnostic utility of sputum Gram stain in pneumonia
Stavros Anevlavis et al.
JOURNAL OF INFECTION (2009)
Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Developed in Non-Intensive Care Units
Ebru Cakir Edis et al.
RESPIRATION (2009)
Does De-Escalation of Antibiotic Therapy for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Affect the Likelihood of Recurrent Pneumonia or Morality in Critically III Surgical Patients?
Soumitra R. Eachempati et al.
JOURNAL OF TRAUMA-INJURY INFECTION AND CRITICAL CARE (2009)
Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 expression on monocytes is associated with inflammation but not with infection in acute pancreatitis
Eduardo Ferat-Osorio et al.
CRITICAL CARE (2009)
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
Michel R. Moreira et al.
BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2008)
Early Microbiological Response to Linezolid vs Vancomycin in Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Due to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Richard G. Wunderink et al.
CHEST (2008)
Colistin serum concentrations after intravenous administration in critically ill patients with serious multidrug-resistant, gram-negative bacilli infections: A prospective, open-label, uncontrolled study
Nikolaos Markou et al.
CLINICAL THERAPEUTICS (2008)
Aerosolized antibiotics and ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis in the intensive care unit
Lucy B. Palmer et al.
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (2008)
Empiric antibiotic therapy for suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials
Mary-Anne W. Aarts et al.
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (2008)
Randomized trial of combination versus monotherapy for the empiric treatment of suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia
Daren K. Heyland et al.
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (2008)
Efficacy and safety of intravenous infusion of doripenem versus imipenem in ventilator-associated pneumonia: A multicenter, randomized study
Jean Chastre et al.
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (2008)
Efficacy and safety of doripenem versus piperacillin/tazobactam in nosocomial pneumonia:: a randomized, open-label, multicenter study
Alvaro Rea-Neto et al.
CURRENT MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OPINION (2008)
Sequential measurements of procalcitonin levels in diagnosing ventilator-associated pneumonia
P. Ramirez et al.
EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL (2008)
Development of a guideline for the management of ventilator-associated pneumonia based on local microbiologic findings and impact of the guideline on antimicrobial use practices
Timothy H. Dellit et al.
INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY (2008)
Strategies to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Acute Care Hospitals
Susan E. Coffin et al.
INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY (2008)
Usefulness of procalcitonin for the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia
Charles-Edouard Luyt et al.
INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE (2008)
Multicenter survey on hospital-acquired pneumonia and the clinical efficacy of first-line antibiotics in Japan
Akira Watanabe et al.
INTERNAL MEDICINE (2008)
Impact of inappropriate antibiotic therapy on mortality in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia and blood stream infection: A meta-analysis
Effie L. Kuti et al.
JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE (2008)
The safety of targeted antibiotic therapy for ventilator-associated pneumonia: A multicenter observational study
Ari R. Joffe et al.
JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE (2008)
Ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by multidrug-resistant organisms or Pseudomonas aeruginosa:: Prevalence, incidence, risk factors, and outcomes
Chris M. Parker et al.
JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE (2008)
Efficacy and safety of high-dose ampicillin/sulbactam vs. colistin as monotherapy for the treatment of multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii ventilator-associated pneumonia
Alex P. Betrosian et al.
JOURNAL OF INFECTION (2008)
A prospective comparison of nursing home-acquired pneumonia with hospital-acquired pneumonia in non-intubated elderly
T. Maruyama et al.
RESPIRATORY MEDICINE (2008)
GRADE:: an emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations
Gordon H. Guyatt et al.
BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL (2008)
Subthreshold quantitative bronchoalveolar lavage: Clinical and therapeutic implications
Ajai K. Malhotra et al.
JOURNAL OF TRAUMA-INJURY INFECTION AND CRITICAL CARE (2008)
Prediction of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus involvement in disease sites by concomitant nasal sampling
Ari Robicsek et al.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY (2008)
Inhibitory activities of 11 antimicrobial agents and bactericidal activities of vancomycin an dantomycin against invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates obtained from 1999 through 2006
Robert L. Holmes et al.
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY (2008)
Safety and efficacy of polymyxin B in multidrug resistant Gram-negative severe sepsis and septic shock
Suresh Ramasubban et al.
INDIAN JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (2008)
Antimicrobial treatment for ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis: a randomized, controlled, multicenter study
Saad Nseir et al.
CRITICAL CARE (2008)
Systematic surveillance cultures as a tool to predict involvement of multidrug antibiotic resistant bacteria in ventilator-associated pneumonia
P. Depuydt et al.
INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE (2008)
Linezolid versus vancomycin for the treatment of infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Japan
S. Kohno et al.
JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY (2007)
A randomized study of sequential intravenous/oral moxifloxacin in comparison to sequential intravenous ceftriaxone/ora cefuroxime axetil in patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia
G. Hoeffken et al.
INFECTION (2007)
Comparison of clinical cure rates in adults with ventilator-associated pneumonia treated with intravenous ceftazidime administered by continuous or intermittent infusion:: A retrospective, nonrandomized, open-label, historical chart review
Leonardo Lorente et al.
CLINICAL THERAPEUTICS (2007)
Vancomycin MIC creep in non-vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA), vancomycin-susceptible clinical methicillin-resistant S-aureus (MRSA) blood isolates from 2001-05
Gregory Steinkraus et al.
JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY (2007)
Intravenous polymyxin B for the treatment of nosocomial pneumonia caused by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Guilherme Henrique Campos Furtado et al.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS (2007)
De-escalation therapy rates are significantly higher by bronchoalveolar lavage than by tracheal aspirate
Elpis Giantsou et al.
INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE (2007)
Prolonged use of carbapenems and colistin predisposes to ventilator-associated pneumonia by pandrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Spyros D. Mentzelopoulos et al.
INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE (2007)
Reliability of mini-bronchoalveolar lavage for the measurement of epithelial lining fluid concentrations of tobramycin in critically ill patients
Emmanuel Boselli et al.
INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE (2007)
Bacteremia in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia is associated with increased mortality: A study comparing bacteremic vs. nonbacteremic ventilator-associated pneumonia
Kemal Agbaht et al.
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (2007)
Efficacy of ertapenem in the treatment of early ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing organisms in an intensive care unit
Matteo Bassetti et al.
JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY (2007)
Optimal management therapy for Pseudomonas aeruginosa ventilator-associated pneumonia:: An observational, multicenter study comparing monotherapy with combination antibiotic therapy
Jose Garnacho-Montero et al.
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (2007)
Microbiology of ventilator-associated pneumonia compared with that of hospital-acquired pneumonia
David J. Weber et al.
INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY (2007)
Soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cell-1 is increased in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia - A preliminary report
Grigory Horonenko et al.
CHEST (2007)
Treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia with piperacillin-tazobactum and amikacin vs cefepime and levofloxacin: A randomized prospective study
S. M. Ahmed et al.
INDIAN JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (2007)
Effects of carbapenem exposure on the risk for digestive tract carriage of intensive care unit-endemic carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains in critically ill patients
C. Pena et al.
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY (2007)
A retrospective analysis of possible renal toxicity associated with vancomycin in patients with health care-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia
Meghan N. Jeffres et al.
CLINICAL THERAPEUTICS (2007)
Pathogens in early-onset and late-onset intensive care unit-acquired pneumonia
K. M. C. Verhamme et al.
INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY (2007)
Carbapenems for the treatment of immunocompetent adult patients with nosocomial pneumonia
I. I. Siempos et al.
EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL (2007)
High-dose ampicillin-sulbactam as an alternative treatment of late-onset VAP from multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
Alex P. Betrosian et al.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2007)
Population pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of continuous versus short-term infusion of imipenem-cilastatin in critically ill patients in a randomized, controlled trial
Samir G. Sakka et al.
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY (2007)
A randomized trial of diagnostic techniques for ventilator-associated pneumonia
Daren Heyland et al.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2006)
Ertapenem versus cefepime for initial empirical treatment of pneumonia acquired in skilled-care facilities or in hospitals outside the intensive care unit
S. V. Yakovlev et al.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2006)
Use of quantitative cultures and reduced duration of antibiotic regimens for patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia to decrease resistance in the intensive care unit
Jean Chastre et al.
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2006)
Quantitative cultures for diagnosing ventilator-associated pneumonia: A critique
Shigeki Fujitani et al.
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2006)
Using local microbiologic data to develop institution-specific guidelines for the treatment of hospital-acquired pneumonia
James R. Beardsley et al.
CHEST (2006)
Piperacillin/tazobactam vs imipenem/cilastatin in the treatment of nosocomial pneumonia - a double blind prospective multicentre study
D. V. Schmitt et al.
INFECTION (2006)
Postoperative pneumonia after major lung resection
Olivier Schussler et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (2006)
Validation of an algorithm based on direct examination of specimens in suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia
A Veinstein et al.
INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE (2006)
Clinical characteristics and treatment patterns among patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia
Morin H. Kollef et al.
CHEST (2006)
Combination therapy versus monotherapy: a randomised pilot study on the evolution of inflammatory parameters after ventilator associated pneumonia [ISRCTN31976779]
Pierre Damas et al.
CRITICAL CARE (2006)
Empiric broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy of nosocomial pneumonia in the intensive care unit: a prospective observational study
Francisco Alvarez-Lerma et al.
CRITICAL CARE (2006)
Appropriateness and delay to initiate therapy in ventilator-associated pneumonia
CM Luna et al.
EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL (2006)
Beta lactam antibiotic monotherapy versus beta lactamaminoglycoside antibiotic combination therapy for sepsis
M Paul et al.
COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS (2006)
De-escalation in lower respiratory tract infections
Thiago Lisboa et al.
CURRENT OPINION IN PULMONARY MEDICINE (2006)
Comparison of piperacillin/tazobactam and imipenem/cilastatin, both in combination with tobramycin, administered every 6 h for treatment of nosocomial pneumonia
Maniari Joshi et al.
RESPIRATORY MEDICINE (2006)
In vitro activity of β-lactam antimicrobial agents in combination with aztreonam tested against metallo-β-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii
HS Sader et al.
JOURNAL OF CHEMOTHERAPY (2005)
Epidemiology and outcomes of health-care-associated pneumonia - Results from a large US database of culture-positive pneumonia
MH Kollef et al.
CHEST (2005)
Risk factors and prognostic factors in nosocomial pneumonia outside the intensive care units setting
B Barreiro-López et al.
ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS Y MICROBIOLOGIA CLINICA (2005)
Both early-onset and late-onset ventilator-associated pneumonia are caused mainly by potentially multiresistant bacteria
E Giantsou et al.
INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE (2005)
Serial changes in soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells in the lung during development of ventilator-associated pneumonia
RM Determann et al.
INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE (2005)
Antibiotic utilization and outcomes for patients with clinically suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia and negative quantitative BAL culture results
MH Kollef et al.
CHEST (2005)
Epidemiology, treatment, and outcomes of nosocomial bacteremic Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia
CA DeRyke et al.
CHEST (2005)
Contribution of blinded, protected quantitative specimens to the diagnostic and therapeutic management of ventilator-associated pneumonia
C Brun-Buisson et al.
CHEST (2005)
Penetration of gentamicin into the alveolar lining fluid of critically ill patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia
D Panidis et al.
CHEST (2005)
Effect of ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis on outcome in patients without chronic respiratory failure: a case-control study
S Nseir et al.
CRITICAL CARE (2005)
Hospital-acquired pneumonia in critically ill patients: Factors associated with episodes due to imipenem-resistant organisms
O Leroy et al.
INFECTION (2005)
Guidelines for the management, of adults with hospital-acquired, ventilator-associated, and healthcare-associated pneumonia
[Anonymous]
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (2005)
Levofloxacin for treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia: A subgroup analysis from a randomized trial
AF Shorr et al.
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2005)
Multicenter study of hospital-acquired pneumonia in non-ICU patients
N Sopena et al.
CHEST (2005)
Linezolid versus teicoplanin in the treatment of Gram-positive infections in the critically ill: a randomized, double-blind, multicentre study
JA Cepeda et al.
JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY (2004)
Linezolid compared with teicoplanin for the treatment of suspected or proven Gram-positive infections
M Wilcox et al.
JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY (2004)
Soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells and the diagnosis of pneumonia
S Gibot et al.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2004)
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nares colonization at hospital admission and its effect on subsequent MRSA infection
KA Davis et al.
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2004)
Combination therapy with polymyxin B for the treatment of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative respiratory tract infections
ME Sobieszczyk et al.
JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY (2004)
Does combination antimicrobial therapy reduce mortality in Gram-negative bacteraemia? A meta-analysis
N Safdar et al.
LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2004)
Outcomes of ventilated COPD patients with nosocomial tracheobronchitis: A case-control study
S Nseir et al.
INFECTION (2004)
Antibiotic therapy for Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia:: Implications of production of extended-spectrum β-lactamases
DL Paterson et al.
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2004)
De-escalation therapy in ventilator-associated pneumonia
J Rello et al.
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (2004)
A randomized controlled trial of an antibiotic discontinuation policy for clinically suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia
S Micek et al.
CHEST (2004)
Comparison of 8 vs 15 days of antibiotic therapy for ventilator-associated pneumonia in adults - A randomized trial
J Chastre et al.
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (2003)
Ventilator-associated pneumonia in a multi-hospital system: Differences in microbiology by location
HM Babcock et al.
INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY (2003)
Polymyxin B nephrotoxicity and efficacy against nosocomial infections caused by multiresistant gram-negative bacteria
JP Ouderkirk et al.
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY (2003)
Diagnosing pneumonia during mechanical ventilation -: The clinical pulmonary infection score revisited
M Fartoukh et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (2003)
Treatment of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) with intravenous colistin:: A comparison with imipenem-susceptible VAP
J Garnacho-Montero et al.
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2003)
Levofloxacin compared with imipenem/cilastatin followed by ciprofloxacin in adult patients with nosocomial pneumonia: A multicenter, prospective, randomized, open-label study
M West et al.
CLINICAL THERAPEUTICS (2003)
Cefepime versus imipenem-cilastatin for treatment of nosocomial pneumonia in intensive care unit patients: A multicenter, evaluator-blind, prospective, randomized study
G Zanetti et al.
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY (2003)
Impact of adequacy of initial antimicrobial therapy on the prognosis of patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia
O Leroy et al.
INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE (2003)
Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of intravenous levofloxacin in patients with early-onset ventilator-associated pneumonia
F Pea et al.
CLINICAL PHARMACOKINETICS (2003)
Nosocomial tracheobronchitis in mechanically ventilated patients: incidence. aetiology and outcome
S Nseir et al.
EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL (2002)
Nosocomial pneumonia -: The importance of a de-escalating strategy for antibiotic treatment of pneumonia in the ICU
G Höffken et al.
CHEST (2002)
Hospital-acquired pneumonia: microbiological data and potential adequacy of antimicrobial regimens
O Leroy et al.
EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL (2002)
Comparison of ampicillin-sulbactam and imipenem-cilastatin for the treatment of Acinetobacter ventilator-associated pneumonia
GC Wood et al.
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2002)
Linezolid versus vancomycin for the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections
DL Stevens et al.
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2002)
Elevations in procalcitonin but not C-reactive protein are associated with pneumonia after cardiopulmonary resuscitation
M Oppert et al.
RESUSCITATION (2002)
Diagnostic and therapeutic management of nosocomial pneumonia in surgical patients: Results of the Eole study
P Montravers et al.
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (2002)
Evaluation of endotoxin release and cytokine production induced by antibiotics in patients with Gram-negative nosocomial pneumonia
B Maskin et al.
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (2002)
Prognostic factors of nosocomial pneumonia in general wards: a prospective multivariate analysis in Japan
Y Takano et al.
RESPIRATORY MEDICINE (2002)
Alveolar and serum procalcitonin - Diagnostic and prognostic value in ventilator-associated pneumonia
F Duflo et al.
ANESTHESIOLOGY (2002)
Diagnostic investigation of ventilator-associated pneumonia using bronchoalveolar lavage:: comparative study with a postmortem lung biopsy
AB Balthazar et al.
BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH (2001)
Antimicrobial resistance prevalence rates in hospital antibiograms reflect prevalence rates among pathogens associated with hospital-acquired infections
SK Fridkin et al.
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2001)
Diagnosis of nosocomial pneumonia in medical ward:: repeatability of the protected specimen brush
B Herer et al.
EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL (2001)
Continuous versus intermittent administration of ceftazidime in intensive care unit patients with nosocomial pneumonia
DP Nicolau et al.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS (2001)
Experience with a clinical guideline for the treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia
EH Ibrahim et al.
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (2001)
Efficacy and tolerability of piperacillin/tazobactam versus ceftazidime in association with amikacin for treating nosocomial pneumonia in intensive care patients:: a prospective randomized multicenter trial
F Alvarez-Lerma et al.
INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE (2001)
Efficacy of meropenem as monotherapy in the treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia
FA Lerma
JOURNAL OF CHEMOTHERAPY (2001)
Treatment of severe nosocomial pneumonia:: a prospective randomised comparison of intravenous ciprofloxacin with imipenem/cilastatin
A Torres et al.
THORAX (2000)
Diagnostic accuracy of protected catheter sampling in ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia
F Bregeon et al.
EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL (2000)
Incidence and susceptibility or pathogenic bacteria vary between intensive care units within a single hospital: Implications for empiric antibiotic strategies
N Namias et al.
JOURNAL OF TRAUMA-INJURY INFECTION AND CRITICAL CARE (2000)
Impact of quantitative invasive diagnostic techniques in the management and outcome of mechanically ventilated patients with suspected pneumonia
JS Violán et al.
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (2000)
Short-course empiric antibiotic therapy for patients with pulmonary infiltrates in the intensive care unit - A proposed solution for indiscriminate antibiotic prescription
N Singh et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (2000)
Noninvasive versus invasive microbial investigation in ventilator-associated pneumonia -: Evaluation of outcome
M Ruiz et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (2000)
Multicenter prospective study of ventilator-associated pneumonia during acute respiratory distress syndrome -: Incidence, prognosis, and risk factors
P Markowicz et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (2000)
Intermittent and continuous ceftazidime infusion for critically ill trauma patients
SD Hanes et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY (2000)
Invasive and noninvasive strategies for management of suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia -: A randomized trial
JY Fagon et al.
ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE (2000)
Cutting edge: Inflammatory responses can be triggered by TREM-1, a novel receptor expressed on neutrophils and monocytes
A Bouchon et al.
JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (2000)
Treatment of gram-positive nosocomial pneumonia - Prospective randomized comparison of quinupristin/dalfopristin versus vancomycin
JY Fagon et al.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE (2000)
A comparative analysis of patients with early-onset vs late-onset nosocomial pneumonia in the ICU setting
EH Ibrahim et al.
CHEST (2000)