Johns Hopkins ABX Guide
Hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia
Hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia is a topic covered in the Johns Hopkins ABX Guide.
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PATHOGENS
- S. aureus: MRSA > MSSA
- Gram negative bacilli: Klebsiella,Enterobacter,E. coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, S. maltophilia,Acinetobacter spp. and others
- Most recent dreaded: carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE), multidrug resistant Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter
- Legionella spp: may arise from institutional water/heating/cooling, consider nosocomial epidemic
- Anaerobes (aspiration rarely cultured due to need for uncontaminated specimen sources)
- Viruses: influenza, RSV, parainfluenza
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Last updated: October 13, 2016
Citation
Bartlett, John G, and Paul G Auwaerter. "Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2016. Pediatrics Central, peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540443/all/Hospital_acquired_and_ventilator_associated_pneumonia.
Bartlett JG, Auwaerter PG. Hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2016. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540443/all/Hospital_acquired_and_ventilator_associated_pneumonia. Accessed October 16, 2019.
Bartlett, J. G., & Auwaerter, P. G. (2016). Hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. Available from https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540443/all/Hospital_acquired_and_ventilator_associated_pneumonia
Bartlett JG, Auwaerter PG. Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2016. [cited 2019 October 16]. Available from: https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540443/all/Hospital_acquired_and_ventilator_associated_pneumonia.
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