American journal of infection control
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Am J Infect Control · Feb 2015
Differences between novel and conventional surveillance paradigms of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
To investigate the concordance between novel and conventional surveillance paradigms for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). ⋯ In our study population, novel VAE surveillance only detected one-third of conventional VAP cases. Thus, more studies are needed to further validate VAE surveillance compared with conventional VAP by using strong microbiologic criteria, particularly bronchoalveolar lavage with a protected specimen brush for diagnosing VAP.