Gram stain can be used to safely discontinue vancomycin therapy for early pneumonia in the trauma intensive care unit

Am Surg. 2014 Dec;80(12):1277-9.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cohort Studies
  • Critical Care / methods*
  • Female
  • Gentian Violet*
  • Glasgow Coma Scale
  • Humans
  • Injury Severity Score
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Male
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
  • Middle Aged
  • Patient Safety
  • Phenazines*
  • Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / diagnosis
  • Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / drug therapy*
  • Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / epidemiology
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Trauma Centers
  • Vancomycin / therapeutic use*
  • Withholding Treatment*
  • Wounds and Injuries / diagnosis
  • Wounds and Injuries / epidemiology
  • Wounds and Injuries / therapy
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Gram's stain
  • Phenazines
  • Vancomycin
  • Gentian Violet