par Bogaerts, P;Hamels, Sandrine;De Mendonça, Ricardo
;Huang, T D;Roisin, Sandrine
;Remacle, Josè;Markine-Goriaynoff, N;de Longueville, Francoise;Plüster, W;Denis, Olivier
;Glupczynski, Youri
Référence Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 68, 2, page (340-347)
Publication Publié, 2013-02



Référence Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 68, 2, page (340-347)
Publication Publié, 2013-02
Article révisé par les pairs
Résumé : | Rapid diagnosis and appropriate empirical antimicrobial therapy before the availability of conventional microbiological results is of pivotal importance for the clinical outcome of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). We evaluated the VAPChip, a novel, closed cartridge molecular tool aiming to identify directly from clinical samples and within a working day the principal bacteria causative of VAP as well as clinically relevant β-lactam resistance genes. |