Biological markers and diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia.docVIP

Fagon Critical Care 2011,15:130 /content/15/2/130 COMMENTARY Biological markers and diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia Jean-Yves Fagon* See related research by Vanspauwen et al., /content/15/1/R14 bacterial cultures. Recently, the use of biomarkers has Abstract been proposed and tested to replace or complete (or both) such techniques [1-4]. VAP is di? cult to diagnose in the critically ill patient because of the presence of underlying cardiopulmonary disorders (for example, Evaluation of a new biomarker from bronchoalveolar ?uid, the Clara c