Critically Ill Patients Receiving Invasive Mechanical Ventilation Have Been Found

question 22

Multiple Choice

Critically ill patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation have been found to have which of the following microorganisms not typically present in healthy individuals?

• A) Anaerobes
• B) Haemophilus species
• C) Gram-negative bacilli
• D) Viridans group of streptococci

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