Critical care : the official journal of the Critical Care Forum
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Early and rapid identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) in patients with suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) provides theoretical clinical advantages in therapeutic optimization strategies. ⋯ The instrument-free platform of the MCDA assay makes it a simple, rapid, and applicable procedure for "on-site" diagnosis and point-of-care testing for the presence of P. aeruginosa without the need for specific bacterial culture.