title: Defining ventilator-associated pneumonia: a (de)construction concept.
authors.affiliation: Committee for Hospital Infection Control, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre - HCPA - Porto Alegre RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Camila Hubner
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Dalmora
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Deutschendorf
authors.forename: Fabiano
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nagel
authors.forename: Rodrigo Pires
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: dos Santos
authors.forename: Thiago
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lisboa
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007902:Length of Stay; D053717:Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods
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