Resistance rates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter species causing ventilator-associated pneumonia do not always correlate with utilisation of antibiotics

J Hosp Infect. 2011 Jan;77(1):77-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.09.015. Epub 2010 Dec 3.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter / drug effects*
  • Acinetobacter / isolation & purification
  • Acinetobacter Infections / microbiology
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
  • Drug Utilization / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / microbiology*
  • Pseudomonas Infections / microbiology
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / drug effects*
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents