title: Reply to Hurley.
authors.affiliation: Service d'anesthésie réanimation Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes University Hospital.
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roquilly
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Tenon University Hospital, University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marret
authors.affiliation: Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.affiliation: Service d'anesthésie réanimation Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes University Hospital Equipe d'Accueil 3826, School of Medicine, Nantes, France.
authors.forename: Karim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Asehnoune
mesh_terms: D016638:Critical Illness; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D053717:Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / Q000401:mortality* / Q000517:prevention & control*