Scientific article

English

Prevention of hospital-acquired pneumonia in non-ventilated adult patients: a narrative review

ContributorsPássaro, Leonor; Harbarth, Stéphan Juergen

; Landelle, Caroline

Published inAntimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, vol. 5, 43

Publication date2016

Abstract

Pneumonia is one of the leading hospital-acquired infections worldwide and has an important impact. Although preventive measures for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) are well known, less is known about appropriate measures for prevention of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP).

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

Research groups

Résistance aux antibiotiques (866)

Citation (ISO format)

PÁSSARO, Leonor, HARBARTH, Stéphan Juergen, LANDELLE, Caroline. Prevention of hospital-acquired pneumonia in non-ventilated adult patients: a narrative review. In: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2016, vol. 5, p. 43. doi: 10.1186/s13756-016-0150-3

Article (Published version)

Identifiers

PID : unige:99527
DOI : 10.1186/s13756-016-0150-3
PMID : 27895901

Journal ISSN2047-2994

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