Performance and impact of a multiplex PCR in ICU patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia or ventilated hospital-acquired pneumonia.
Nathan Peiffer SmadjaLila BouadmaVincent MathyKahina AlloucheJuliette PatrierMartin ReboulPhilippe MontraversJean-François TimsitLaurence Armand-LefevrePublished in: Critical care (London, England) (2020)
Our results suggest that the use of a M-PCR system for respiratory samples of patients with VAP and ventilated HAP could improve empirical antimicrobial therapy and reduce the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics.