title: Response to Drs Siempos and Ntaidou.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Nanning, Guangxi, China; Department of Anaesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China.
authors.forename: Wan-Jie
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Nanning, Guangxi, China. Electronic address: yinruixing@yahoo.com.cn.
authors.forename: Rui-Xing
authors.initials: RX
authors.lastname: Yin
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D053717:Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019936:Probiotics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*