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Persistent infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa in ventilator-associated pneumonia.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine - 1 Sept 2008
El Solh Ali A, Akinnusi Morohunfolu E, Wiener-Kronish Jeanine P, Lynch Susan V, Pineda Lilibeth A, Szarpa Kristie
Abstract excerpt
RATIONALE: Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the leading causes of gram-negative ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) associated with a mortality rate of 34 to 68%. Recent evidence suggests that P. aeruginosa in patients with VAP may persist in the alveolar space despite adequate antimicrobial therapy. We hypothesized that failure to eradicate P. aeruginosa from the lung is linked to type III secretory system...
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