Burns are one of the most common and devastating forms of trauma. Patients with serious
thermal injury require immediate specialized care in order to minimize morbidity and …

Introduction The aims of this study were to explore the incidence of in-hospital inappropriate
empiric antibiotic use in patients with severe infection and to identify its relationship with …

Objective To identify predictors of 30-day mortality and hospital costs in patients with
ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) attributed to potentially antibiotic-resistant Gram …

Objective: Doripenem is an investigational carbapenem with broad-spectrum activity against
Gram-negative and Gram-positive pathogens, including multidrug-resistant strains …

Aim: Although Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is commonly isolated from clinical specimens,
mainly of immunocompromised patients, mor tality directly attributable to this organism is …

BACKGROUND: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is an important cause of morbidity
and mortality in ventilated critically ill patients. Despite a large amount of research evidence …

Background Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) occurrence, causative pathogens, and
resistance patterns in surgical intensive care units (SICU) are different between Western and …

Until recently, the in vitro susceptibility of microorganisms was considered the only
fundamental aspect for antibiotic efficacy in treating pneumonia. However, the relevance of …

Studies exploring predictors of mortality in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia
(VAP) produced conflicting results. The present work is a meta-analysis of studies that …

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is an iatrogenic pulmonary infection that develops in
tracheally intubated patients on mechanical ventilation for at least 48 hours. VAP is the …