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nosocomial pneumonia

Known as: pneumonia hospital acquired, hospital acquired pneumonia, pneumonia nosocomial 
Pneumonia acquired during a hospital stay.
National Institutes of Health

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Infections, Hospital

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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Outcome in bacteremia associated with nosocomial pneumonia and the impact of pathogen prediction by tracheal surveillance cultures
ObjectiveTo assess whether pathogen prediction in bacteremia associated with nosocomial pneumonia (NP) by tracheal surveillance… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Mortality Risk Factors with Nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Intensive Care Units: Results from the German Nosocomial Infection Surveillance System (KISS)
Introduction:As the number of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in German intensive care… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
An Outbreak of Pichia anomala Fungemia in a Brazilian Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Abstract Objective: To report an outbreak of Pichia anomala fungemia that occurred in a Brazilian pediatric intensive care unit… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
The antimicrobial effect of nitric oxide on the bacteria that cause nosocomial pneumonia in mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit.
BACKGROUND Nosocomial pneumonia is the second most frequent nosocomial infection and the leading cause of death from hospital… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
Devising strategies for preventing nosocomial pneumonia--should we ignore the stomach?
Nosocomial pneumonia is the hospital-acquired infection with the highest mortality. Difficulties in making the clinical diagnosis… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Epidemiology of nosocomial pneumonia in intensive care unit patients.
  • Ge Dl
  • 1995
  • Corpus ID: 78076260
Pneumonia is the most commonly reported nosocomial infection in ICU patients, occurring predominantly in patients whose lungs are… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Trends and sources of nosocomial fungaemia
Concurrent surveillance of blood culture isolates in a 1000‐bed tertiary care hospital over a 7‐year period from 1986 to 1993… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
Etiology and diagnosis of pneumonia requiring ICU admission.
The spectrum of pathogens and the microbiologic investigations used to obtain a diagnosis in 178 patients with severe pneumonia… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Parenteral followed by oral ofloxacin for nosocomial pneumonia and community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization.
We report a multicentric, open trial of intravenous followed by oral ofloxacin, 400 mg every 12 h, as therapy for 100 cases of… 
Review
1983
Review
1983
Nosocomial Legionnaires' disease uncovered in a prospective pneumonia study.
Most hospitals have yet to record a case of nosocomial legionnaires' disease; the importance of isolation of Legionella… 
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