Bacterial isolates from mechanically ventilated patients with nosocomial pneumonia within intensive care unit of a tertiary care center

• Published in: Journal of communicable diseases Vol. 37; no. 4; p. 281
• Main Authors: Nag, V L, Ayyagari, A, Venkatesh, V, Dash, N R, Ghar, M, Prasad, K N
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India 01.12.2005
• Subjects: Amikacin - therapeutic use; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Bacteria - isolation & purification; Cross Infection - drug therapy; Cross Infection - etiology; Cross Infection - mortality; Humans; Intensive Care Units - statistics & numerical data; Pneumonia, Bacterial - drug therapy; Pneumonia, Bacterial - etiology; Pneumonia, Bacterial - mortality; Respiration, Artificial - adverse effects

Nosocomial pneumonia is a common complication in mechanically ventilated patients. A study was carried out to determine the incidence, common bacterial etiologic agents and their antimicrobial susceptibility, and outcome of such pneumonia in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a tertiary care center. In...