Introduction Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common cause of nosocomial
infection, and is related to significant utilization of health-care resources. In the past decade …

Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) represent
one of the most common hospital-acquired infections, carrying a significant morbidity and …

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 …

Background Culture-based microbiological investigation of hospital-acquired or ventilator-
associated pneumonia (HAP or VAP) is insensitive, with aetiological agents often …

Pneumonia (draft)” was published in 1999 (1). Afterwards, a number of guidelines for
HAP/VAP have been published or updated at home and abroad (2-10). The definitions of …

Background Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) caused by drug-resistant Acinetobacter
baumannii is associated with high mortality in critically ill patients. We identified the …

Objective We aim to familiarize the application status of metagenomic sequencing in
diagnosing pulmonary infections, to compare metagenomic sequencing with traditional …

Background. Killing of bacterial pathogens by granulocytes is a saturable process, as
previously demonstrated. There is virtually no quantitative information about how …

Objective Nosocomial or more exactly, hospital-acquired (HAP) and ventilator-associated
pneumonia (VAP) are frequent conditions when treating intensive care unit (ICU) patients …

Introduction Empiric antimicrobial selection for critical care infections must balance the need
for timely adequate coverage with the resistance pressure exerted by broadspectrum …