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Comment
. 2020 Aug 18;24(1):510.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-03234-5.

Above and beyond: biofilm and the ongoing search for strategies to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)

Takashi Sakano  1 , Edward A Bittner  1 , Marvin G Chang  2 , Lorenzo Berra  1
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Comment

Above and beyond: biofilm and the ongoing search for strategies to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)

Takashi Sakano et al. Crit Care. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Biofilm; COVID-19; Coated endotracheal tubes; Coronavirus; Endotracheal tube design; Intubation; VAP; Ventilator-associated pneumonia.

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Conflict of interest statement

TS, EAB, and MGC declare to have no competing interests. LB receives salary support from K23 HL128882/NHLBI NIH as principal investigator for his work on hemolysis and nitric oxide. LB receives technologies and devices from iNO Therapeutics LLC, Praxair Inc., Masimo Corp. LB receives a grant from iNO Therapeutics LLC and research funds from the Reginald Jenney Endowment Chair at Harvard Medical School.

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