在三个地理上不同的创伤重症监护病房中,多种耐药生物造成早期呼吸机相关肺炎的比较

Joseph M Swanson1, Peyton C Cole2, Julie E Farrar1

  • 1Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.

Surgical infections
|January 16, 2025
PubMed
概括

地理位置没有影响多药耐药呼吸机相关肺炎 (VAP) 的总体发病率. 然而,特定的耐药生物和不适当的经验抗微生物疗法因单位而异,突出显示需要量身定制的治疗策略.

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