Sepsis is a common consequence of infection, associated with a mortality rate> 25%.
Although community-acquired sepsis is more common, hospital-acquired infection is more …

The accuracy of the signs and tests that clinicians use to diagnose ventilator-associated
pneumonia (VAP) and initiate antibiotic treatment has not been well characterized. We …

It is important to realize that guidelines cannot always account for individual variation among
patients. They are not intended to supplant physician judgment with respect to particular …

The microbiological management of patients with suspected bacterial infection includes the
identification of the pathogen and the determination of the antibiotic susceptibility. These …

Abstract The French Society of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine and the French
Society of Intensive Care edited guidelines focused on hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) …

Rationale: Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)
remain important causes of morbidity and mortality. Increasing antimicrobial resistance has …

Antimicrobial resistance constitutes a global burden and is one of the major threats to public
health. Although the emergence of resistant microorganisms is a natural phenomenon, the …

Background and Purpose: Aspiration of secretions containing bacterial pathogens into the
lower respiratory tract is the main cause of ventilator-associated pneumonia. Endotracheal …

Objectives To investigate the molecular epidemiology, antimicrobial susceptibility and
carbapenem resistance determinants of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from respiratory …

Our objective was to evaluate the diagnostic yield and accuracy of the BioFire FilmArray
pneumonia panel (BFPP) for identification of pathogens in lower respiratory tract specimens …