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From: Immediate vs. culture-initiated antibiotic therapy in suspected non-severe ventilator-associated pneumonia: a before–after study (DELAVAP)

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Protocol for respiratory sampling and antibiotic therapy. AT: antibiotic therapy, VAP: ventilator-associated pneumonia; BAL: bronchoalveolar lavage; TPC: telescoping plugged catheter; -: negative; + : positive; AST: antibiotic susceptibility testing. *Rescue AT: empirical AT given before the culture results became available, in a patient in the conservative group, due to the development of shock or worsening severe hypoxemia and/or to a positive blood culture after sampling

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