DOI: 10.1055/s-00000075

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Issue 03 · Volume 38 · June 2017 DOI: 10.1055/s-007-34133 Controversies and Evolving Concepts in Hospital Acquired Pneumonia Guest editors: Jean Chastre, MD, and Charles-Edouard Luyt, MD, PhD.

Preface

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Chastre, Jean; Luyt, Charles-Edouard: Controversies and Evolving Concepts in Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia

Review Article

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Nair, Girish B.; Niederman, Michael S.: Using Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Rates as a Health Care Quality Indicator: A Contentious Concept
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Hassinger, Taryn E.; Sawyer, Robert G.: Should We Immediately Start Antibiotics in Every Patient with a Clinical Suspicion of HAP/VAP?
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Kollef, Marin H.; Burnham, Carey-Ann D.: Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: The Role of Emerging Diagnostic Technologies
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Martin-Loeches, Ignacio; Coakley, John Davies; Nseir, Saad: Should We Treat Ventilator-Associated Tracheobronchitis with Antibiotics?
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Sulaiman, Helmi; Abdul-Aziz, Mohd H.; Roberts, Jason A.: Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamics-Optimized Antimicrobial Therapy in Patients with Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia/Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
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Timsit, Jean-François; Pilmis, Benoit; Zahar, Jean-Ralph: How Should We Treat Hospital-Acquired and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Caused by Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase–Producing Enterobacteriaceae?
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Bassetti, Matteo; Peghin, Maddalena; Carnelutti, Alessia; Righi, Elda: How Should We Treat HAP/VAP Caused by Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae?
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Lynch, Joseph P.; Zhanel, George G.; Clark, Nina M.: Infections Due to Acinetobacter baumannii in the ICU: Treatment Options
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Lynch, Joseph P.; Zhanel, George G.; Clark, Nina M.: Emergence of Antimicrobial Resistance among Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Implications for Therapy
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François, Bruno; Luyt, Charles-Edouard; Stover, C. Kendall; Brubaker, Jeffery O.; Chastre, Jean; Jafri, Hasan S.: New Strategies Targeting Virulence Factors of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Palmer, Lucy B.; Rello, Jordi: Is There a Role for Inhaled Antibiotics in the Treatment of Ventilator-Associated Infections?
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Bassi, Gianluigi Li; Xiol, Eli Aguilera; Pagliara, Francesco; Hua, Yang; Torres, Antoni: Body Position and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Prevention
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Klompas, Michael: Oropharyngeal Decontamination with Antiseptics to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Rethinking the Benefits of Chlorhexidine