Pseudomonas aeruginosa: acute lung injury or ventilator-associated pneumonia?
Minerva Anestesiol
; 76(10): 824-32, 2010 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-20935618
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) is a Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped and polar-flagella bacterium with unipolar motility. Furthermore, it is an opportunistic pathogen responsible for ventilator-acquired pneumonia (VAP). VAP due to P. aeruginosa is usually multidrug-resistant and associated with severe infection and increased mortality. The goals of this review are as follows: (I) to present selected recent epidemiological literature characterizing the population at risk of P. aeruginosa pneumonia, (II) to describe some of the virulence factors of P. aeruginosa that are related to infection, and (III) to illustrate clinical outcomes of ventilated patients with large burdens of P. aeruginosa as well as the mechanism by which this bacterium may evade the host immune response.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Infecciones por Pseudomonas
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Neumonía Bacteriana
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Neumonía Asociada al Ventilador
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Lesión Pulmonar Inducida por Ventilación Mecánica
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Minerva Anestesiol
Año:
2010
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Italia