Doripenem for treating nosocomial pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia
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Nosocomial pneumonia, including ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Patients with nosocomial pneumonia have evidence of immunosuppression. The most obvious defect in immunity is the loss of mechanical barriers with an endotracheal tube. Only a third of colonized patients on ventilators develop pneumonia, however, suggesting that altered immunity is more extensive. This subgroup of patients tends to get multiple synchronous and sequential infections. The exact m...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet Infectious Diseases
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1473-3099
DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(19)30693-0