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Ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients with SARS-CoV-2-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome requiring ECMO: a retrospective cohort study.

Charles-Edouard LuytTarek SahnounMelchior GautierPauline VidalSonia BurrelMarc Pineton de ChambrunJuliette ChommelouxCyrielle DesnosJeremy ArzoineAnia NieszkowskaNicolas BréchotMatthieu SchmidtGuillaume HekimianDavid BoutolleauJérôme RobertAlain CombesJean Chastre
Published in: Annals of intensive care (2020)
Patients with severe Covid-19-associated ARDS requiring ECMO had a very high late-onset VAP rate. Inducible AmpC-cephalosporinase-producing Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa frequently caused VAP, with multiple recurrences and difficulties eradicating the pathogen from the lung.
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