background: cefepime was used as empirical treatment in ventilator-associated pneumonia (vap) induced by gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria. this study aimed to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of cefepime against microorganism causing vap in mazandaran, north of iran. methods: this study was performed on vap patients diagnosed with clinical pulmonary infection score (cp...

Epidemiology Incidence of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia Mortality Morbidity and Cost Etiologic Agents Pathogenesis Risk Factors Diagnosis Clinical Evaluation Combined with Microscope Examination and Culture of Tracheal Secretions Microbiologic Diagnosis of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia Using Nonbronchoscopic Techniques Microbiologic Diagnosis of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia Using Broncho...

Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a common nosocomial infection that results in both negative patient outcomes and increased health care costs. Recently, many efforts have been targeted at ventilator-associated pneumonia prevention, including the practice of subglottic secretion aspiration. Six randomized control studies examining the effectiveness of subglottic secretion aspiration in the pre...

Pneumonia is the cause of significant morbidity and mortality, despite advances in diagnosis and antibacterial treatment. Pneumonia is often misdiagnosed and mistreated up until recently. Recent classification of pneumonia consists of community-acquired pneumonia, health care-associated pneumonia, hospital-acquired pneumonia, and ventilator-associated pneumonia. The etiology, risk factors, and ...

AIM To investigate the antemortem prevalence and outcome of cytomegalovirus (CMV)-associated pneumonia in African children. METHODS A total of 202 children (median age, 3.2 months; 124 human immunodeficiency virus [HIV]-infected, 62%; 87 severely malnourished, 43%) sequentially hospitalized for severe pneumonia were prospectively investigated. In addition to routine microbiologic investigatio...

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most frequent life-threatening nosocomial infection in intensive care units. The diagnostic is difficult because radiological and clinical signs are inaccurate and could be associated with various respiratory diseases. The concept of infection-related ventilator-associated complication has been proposed as a surrogate of VAP to be used as a benchmark...