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Implications of endotracheal tube biofilm in ventilator-associated pneumonia response: a state of concept

INTRODUCTION: Biofilm in endotracheal tubes (ETT) of ventilated patients has been suggested to play a role in the development of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Our purpose was to analyze the formation of ETT biofilm and its implication in the response and relapse of VAP. METHODS: We performe...

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Autores principales: Gil-Perotin, Sara, Ramirez, Paula, Marti, Veronica, Sahuquillo, Jose Miguel, Gonzalez, Eva, Calleja, Isabel, Menendez, Rosario, Bonastre, Juan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3580639/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22621676
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc11357