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Does ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis need antibiotic treatment?
It is difficult to define ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis (VAT). The most accepted definition includes fever (temperature > 38°C), new or increased sputum production, a microbiologically positive respiratory sample with counts above the accepted thresholds and absence of pulmonary infiltr...
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BioMed Central
2005
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1175902/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15987416 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc3535 |