Implications of endotracheal tube biofilm in ventilator-associated pneumonia response: a state of concept
Open Access
- 1 January 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Critical Care
- Vol. 16 (3), R93
- https://doi.org/10.1186/cc11357
Abstract
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.Keywords
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