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Monday, 10/17/2011
"Nosocomial Pneumonia and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia"
European Respiratory Society Monograph, Vol. 53, 2011
Nosocomial pneumonia, and particularly ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), is the second most frequent intra-hospital infection. The incidence of VAP has decreased in the last 5 years, from 14 to 9–10 cases per 1,000 days of mechanical ventilation. This has been an important achievement but nosocomial pneumonia and VAP still carry very high rates of morbidity and mortality and high financial costs.
In this issue of the European Respiratory Monograph the authors, Dr. A Torres and Dr. S Ewing, have tried to attract new information in the field of nosocomial pneumonia and VAP and to appeal to physicians that directly or indirectly (microbiologists) manage this type of respiratory infection daily. Updates on the new advances in the aetiopathogenesis, epidemiology, diagnosis (including biomarkers) and treatment are provided by renowned authors. New treatment approaches and new antibiotics have also been reviewed and are presented by experts in the field