Article: Antimicrobial treatment for ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis: a randomized, controlled, multicenter study.(Research)(Clinical report)

Authors: Saad Nseir (corresponding author) [1,2]; Rapha ël Favory [1]; Elsa Jozefowicz [3]; Franck Decamps [4]; Florent Dewavrin [5]; Guillaume Brunin [6]; Christophe Di Pompeo [2]; Daniel Mathieu [1]; Alain Durocher [1,2]

Introduction

Ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis (VAT) is common among mechanically ventilated critically ill patients [1, 2, 3]. Previous studies found VAT to be associated with increased duration of mechanical ventilation and intensive care unit (ICU) stay [1, 4, 5]. VAT is probably an intermediate process between lower respiratory tract colonization and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Postmortem studies ...

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