Background Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) is the most common hospital-acquired
infection in China with substantial morbidity and mortality. But no specific risk assessment …

Introduction: Although national surveillance data suggests that the incidence of ventilator
associated pneumonia (VAP) is down-trending, it remains one of the most commonly …

Background: Antibiotics are often prescribed empirically to treat infection syndromes before
causative bacteria and their susceptibility to antibiotics are identified. Guidelines on empiric …

Background: Multi-drug resistant (MDR) ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) may lead to
inappropriate empiric antimicrobial treatment and poor outcomes. The purpose of this study …

Background Rapid pathogen identification is critical for optimizing diagnosis and treatment
of infectious diseases. Multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a sensitive, broad …

In recent years the number of new biomarkers increased markedly in different areas like
pathogen identification or host response. Although far from the ideal, there are several …

Monografie uvádí přehlednou formou aktuální informace týkají se antibiotické léčby z mnoha
úhlů pohledu. Tyto byly zpracovány tak, aby usnadnily orientaci v oblasti jednotlivých …

Introduction: Hospital acquired pneumonia (HAP) is one of the main infections acquired by
patients during a stay in hospital. The main issue when dealing with patients with HAP and …

Abstract The management of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) presents many
difficulties because of the heterogeneity of the disease; the way the immunocompromised …

Intensive care medicine developed as a consequence of the poliomyelitis epidemic of the
20th century, when widespread mechanical ventilation was required for hundreds of victims …