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Relationship between biofilm, microbial persistence and treatment failure. Bar graph representative of the percentage of cases in which there was (gray) or not (black) bacterial survival on ETT biofilm despite appropriate treatment. Microbial persistence in respiratory samples and treatment failure were more frequent when bacterial growth was documented in ETT.
