JOURNAL OF INFECTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, cilt.10, sa.6, ss.567-574, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)
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).