FAN-ASSOCIATED TRACHEOBRONCHITIS AND PNEUMONIA
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Ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis and pneumonia: thinking outside the box.
Lower respiratory tract infections in intubated patients include ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis (VAT) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). These infections are increasingly caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria, which colonize the patient's oropharynx and enter the lower respiratory tract around the endotracheal tube cuff or through the lumen. Progression of colonization to VAT ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Bulletin of Problems Biology and Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2077-4214,2523-4110
DOI: 10.29254/2077-4214-2018-3-145-22-29