title: Hospital-acquired pneumonia in the intensive care units of Polish hospitals.
abstract: We analyzed the epidemiological characteristics of pneumonia in intensive care units of Polish hospitals. Among 11,587 patients, there were 191 cases of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP). The incidence of HAP was 5.6%, and that of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) was 17.9%. The overall mortality rate was 12.6%, and the mortality rate for patients who received artificial ventilation was 15.0%. The predominant organisms causing HAP and VAP were Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli, and 21.1% of Staphylococcus aureus isolates were resistant to methicillin.
authors.affiliation: Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland. mbmach@cyf-kr.edu.pl
authors.forename: Jadwiga
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wójkowska-Mach
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bulanda
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rózańska
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kochan
authors.forename: Piotr B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Heczko
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D053717:Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology