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)

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).