Ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by ESKAPE organisms: cause, clinical features, and management.

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Published in Curr Opin Pulm Med on May 01, 2012

Authors

Alberto Sandiumenge1, Jordi Rello

Author Affiliations

1: University Hospital Joan XXIII, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, CIBERES, Tarragona, Spain. asandiumenge@yahoo.com

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