How to cite this article: Khilnani GC, Tiwari P, Mittal S, Kulkarni AP, Chaudhry D, Zirpe KG, et
al. Guidelines for Antibiotics Prescription in Critically Ill Patients. Indian J Crit Care Med …

Novel agents should be used in line with antimicrobial stewardship principles, aimed at
reducing selective pressure for antimicrobial resistance. However, this does not mean that …

Introduction The implementation of bronchial washing fluid (BWF) as a diagnostic specimen
may complement the low diagnostic yields of plasma in detecting EGFR mutation (mEGFR) …

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a very common entity ranking as the first cause of
sepsis [1]. The history and impact of CAP follows the history of humanity, being described by …

Enterobacteriaceae are the most frequent pathogens in the Intensive Care Unit. Due to their
safety and activity, β-Lactams (BL) and carbapenems represented the most common …

Background We aimed to determine whether implementing antimicrobial stewardship based
on multiplex bacterial PCR examination of respiratory fluid can enhance outcomes of …

Pneumonia is common in the intensive care unit (ICU), infecting 27% of all critically ill
patients. Given the high prevalence of this disease state in the ICU, optimizing antimicrobial …

Scientific journals rightly responded to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic by more rapidly
publishing their COVID-19 research. For the most part, the speeding up of time from review …

Extract Pneumonia is an infection associated with substantial morbidity and mortality [1]. The
aetiology of pneumonia is often difficult to identify in hospitalised patients, but important to …

We read with interest the review by Kreitmann et al. on intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired
infections in immunocompromised patients [1]. The authors nicely discussed conditions …