Incidence of multidrug-resistant organisms causing ventilator-associated pneumonia in a tertiary care hospital: a nine months' prospective study.

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Published in Ann Thorac Med on April 01, 2007

Authors

Arindam Dey1, Indira Bairy

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India.

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