DOI: 10.1055/s-00000075

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Issue 01 · Volume 27 · February 2006 DOI: 10.1055/s-002-4703 Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Editor in Chief Joseph P Lynch III M.D., Guest Editor Jean Chastre M.D.

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    Continuing Medical Education

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    Isakow, Warren; Kollef, Marin H.:

    Preventing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: An Evidence-Based Approach of Modifiable Risk Factors

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    Bonten, Marc J. M.; Krueger, Wolfgang A.:

    Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract: Cumulating Evidence, at Last?

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    Combes, Alain; Luyt, Charles-Edouard; Trouillet, Jean-Louis:

    Impact of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria on the Outcome of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

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    Gibot, Sébastien:

    Soluble Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells and the Diagnosis of Pneumonia and Severe Sepsis

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    Fagon, Jean-Yves:

    Diagnosis and Treatment of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy with Bronchoalveolar Lavage Is Essential

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    Niederman, Michael S.:

    The Importance of De-escalating Antimicrobial Therapy in Patients with Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

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    Kiem, Sungmin; Schentag, Jerome J.:

    Relationship of Minimal Inhibitory Concentration and Bactericidal Activity to Efficacy of Antibiotics for Treatment of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

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    Eggimann, Philippe; Revelly, Jean-Pierre:

    Should Antibiotic Combinations Be Used to Treat Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia?

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    Goldstein, Ivan; Chastre, Jean; Rouby, Jean-Jacques:

    Novel and Innovative Strategies to Treat Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Optimizing the Duration of Therapy and Nebulizing Antimicrobial Agents

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    Lam, Anna P.; Wunderink, Richard G.:

    Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Strategies to Prevent and Treat

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    Domínguez, Amalia Alcón; Arango, Mauricio Valencia; Torres, Antonio:

    Treatment Failure in Patients with Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

    • PREFACE

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    Chastre, Jean:

    Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia