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Published in: Critical Care 1/2011

Open Access 01-02-2011 | Poster presentation

Bronchoalveolar lavage/blood ratio of surface TREM-1 on CD14-positive monocytes is diagnostic of ventilator-associated pneumonia

Authors: V Grover, P Kelleher, D Henderson, P Pantelidis, F Gotch, N Soni, S Singh

Published in: Critical Care | Special Issue 1/2011

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Biomarkers offer the possibility to speed up diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and differentiate it from nonpulmonary infection. One such marker, the triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (TREM-1), exists as a soluble protein and a surface receptor expressed on monocytes and neutrophils [1]. The purpose of the study was to determine the diagnostic utility of surface TREM-1 levels in VAP. …
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Title
Bronchoalveolar lavage/blood ratio of surface TREM-1 on CD14-positive monocytes is diagnostic of ventilator-associated pneumonia
Authors
V Grover
P Kelleher
D Henderson
P Pantelidis
F Gotch
N Soni
S Singh
Publication date
01-02-2011
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue Special Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc9701

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