Incidence of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia and Impact of Multidrug-Resistant Infections on Patient’s Outcome: Experience at an Apex Trauma Centre in North India

Abstract

Isolation of MDR pathogens from bronchoalveolar lavage does not always adversely affect the outcome of patients. It requires an interdisciplinary team of clinical microbiologists, physicians and hospital infection control nurses, to collectively manage these patients.