The current pathogens and treatment of hospital-acquired pneumonia/ventilator-associated pneumonia in medical intensive care units
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Introduction Because of increasing prevalence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) pathogens, there are many difficulties in the treatment of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP)/ventilatorassociated pneumonia (VAP). It is known that patients with MDR pathogens have high mortality and morbidity. We need to know the current status of pathogens and antibiotics therapy for a proper choice of initial antibiotics to improve outcome of the patients.
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دوره 3 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2015