Tobar, E;
Silva, F;
Zamorano, A;
Cifuentes, M;
Miller, RF;
Vargas, SL;
(2014)
Ventilator-associated Pneumonia After Elective Cardiac Surgery Caused by Pneumocystis Jirovecii.
Grand Rounds
, 14
pp. 24-28.
10.1102/1470-5206.2014.0004.
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Abstract
Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a severe complication among patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Although hospital-acquired bacterial pathogens, often multidrug resistant, are the most frequent cause, non-bacterial atypical and opportunistic agents traditionally associated with immunocompromise are increasingly recognized. We describe ventilator-associated pneumonia due to Pneumocystis jirovecii in the absence of traditional risk factors for Pneumocystis pneumonia in a patient after cardiac surgery.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Ventilator-associated Pneumonia After Elective Cardiac Surgery Caused by Pneumocystis Jirovecii |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1102/1470-5206.2014.0004 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1102/1470-5206.2014.0004 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2014 e-MED Ltd. |
| Keywords: | Ventilator-associated pneumonia; Pneumocystis jirovecii; cardiac surgery; intensive care |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health > Infection and Population Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1532921 |
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