id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-001894-ptuelrqj Ferrer, Miquel Polymicrobial intensive care unit-acquired pneumonia: prevalence, microbiology and outcome 2015-12-23 .txt text/plain 4157 217 31 Intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired pneumonia (ICUAP) is the leading infection in critically-ill patients, accounting for prolonged mechanical ventilation and length of stay, and poor outcome [1] [2] [3] [4] . Recent investigations have shown that multi-drug-resistant (MDR) or high-risk pathogens have been isolated in around half of patients with an episode of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) or ICUAP confirmed microbiologically [9, 10] . The association between polymicrobial or monomicrobial etiology and patients' outcomes was adjusted for variables potentially related to mortality, such as age, APACHE-II and SAPS scores at ICU admission, SOFA score, CPIS and arterial partial pressure of oxygen/inspired oxygen fraction (PaO 2 /FiO 2 ) ratio at onset of pneumonia, VAP or NV-ICUAP, and unilateral or bilateral chest x-ray infiltrates. ./cache/cord-001894-ptuelrqj.txt ./txt/cord-001894-ptuelrqj.txt