Clinical review A paradigm shift the bidirectional effect of inflammation on bacterial growth. Clinical implications for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.docVIP

Critical Care February 2002 Vol 6 No 1 Meduri Review Clinical review: A paradigm shift: the bidirectional effect of inflammation on bacterial growth. Clinical implications for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome G Umberto Meduri Divisions of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, USA Correspondence: G Umberto Meduri, umeduri@ Published online: 9 November 2001 Critical Care 2002, 6:24-29 ? 2001 BioMed Central Ltd (Print ISSN 1364-8535; Online ISSN 1466-609X) Abstract Clinical studies