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Am J Infect Control · Feb 2014
Ventilator-associated pneumonia due to extensive drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: risk factors, clinical features, and outcomes.
- Eylem Sercan Özgür, Elif Sahin Horasan, Kerem Karaca, Gülden Ersöz, Sibel Naycı Atış, and Ali Kaya.
- Department of Chest Diseases, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey.
- Am J Infect Control. 2014 Feb 1;42(2):206-8.
AbstractAcinetobacter baumannii is characterized by a rapid development of resistance to the commonly used antimicrobial agents. We investigated the risk factors, clinical features, and outcomes in ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) caused by extensive drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (XDRAB). Clinical parameters and overall in-hospital mortality rates were compared between the VAP with and without XDRAB infection groups. This study showed that VAP caused by XDRAB was not associated with in-hospital mortality. However, it was related to high Simplified Acute Physiology Score II scores and increasing durations of hospital stays.Copyright © 2014 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.
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