Ventilator-associated pneumonia. European Task Force on ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Clinical diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1034 Bacteriological and histological aspects of ventilator-associated pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . 1035 Aetiology of ventilator-associated pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1036 Diagnostic techniques for ventilator-associated pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1037 Establishment of the presence of ventilatorassociated pneumonia by microbiological means . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1037 Detection of causative pathogens of ventilator-associated pneumonia . . . . . . . . . 1039 Antimicrobial treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1039 Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia . . 1040 Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1041 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1042