Vitamin D level is associated with mortality predictors in ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by Acinetobacter baumannii

Haliloglu, Murat; BİLGİLİ, BELİZ; Haliloglu, Ozlem; YAVUZ, DİLEK; Cinel, Ismail

doi:10.3855/jidc.8206

Vitamin D level is associated with mortality predictors in ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by Acinetobacter baumannii

Haliloglu M., BİLGİLİ B., Haliloglu O., YAVUZ D., Cinel I.

JOURNAL OF INFECTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, vol.10, no.6, pp.567-574, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 10 Issue: 6
Publication Date: 2016
Doi Number: 10.3855/jidc.8206
Journal Name: JOURNAL OF INFECTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.567-574
Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction: Vitamin D plays a role in host defense and is known to be associated with mortality in patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). We aimed to evaluate the relationships between vitamin D levels and predictors of mortality in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) caused by extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumanii (XDR A. baumanii).