Endotracheal tube biofilm in critically ill patients during the COVID-19 pandemic : description of an underestimated microbiological compartment

Abstract Biofilm (BF) growth is believed to play a major role in the development of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in the intensive care unit. Despite concerted efforts to understand the potential implication of endotracheal tube (ETT)-BF dispersal, clinically relevant data are lacking to bet...

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Published in:	Scientific Reports
Main Authors:	Thomas Maldiney, Valentin Pineau, Catherine Neuwirth, Linda Ouzen, Isabelle Eberl, Géraldine Jeudy, Sophie Dalac, Lionel Piroth, Mathieu Blot, Marc Sautour, Frédéric Dalle, Caroline Abdulmalak, Romain Ter Schiphorst, Paul-Simon Pugliesi, Thomas Poussant, Agathe Ogier-Desserrey, Isabelle Fournel, Melchior de Giraud d’Agay, Marine Jacquier, Marie Labruyère, François Aptel, Jean-Baptiste Roudaut, Thibault Vieille, Pascal Andreu, Sébastien Prin, Pierre-Emmanuel Charles, Maël Hamet, Jean-Pierre Quenot
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2022-12-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26560-w