Microbiology, resistance patterns, and risk factors of mortality in ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia in a Northern Thai tertiary-care university based general surgical intensive care unit

• Main Authors: Chittawatanarat,K., Jaipakdee,W., Chotirosniramit,N., Chandacham,K., Jirapongcharoenlap,T.
• Format: Article
• Published: Dove Medical Press Ltd. 2015
• Subjects: Pharmacology; Pharmacology (medical); Infectious Diseases
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84906258368&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/38297
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) occurrence, causative pathogens, and resistance patterns in surgical intensive care units (SICU) are different between Western and developing Asian countries. In Thailand, resistant organisms have progressively increased in the last decade. However,...