Erratum to: ‘Effectiveness of biomarker-based exclusion of ventilator-acquired pneumonia to reduce antibiotic use (VAPrapid-2): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial’

Erratum

Unfortunately, the original version of this article [1] contained an error. There are two references in the text to the threshold for defining VAP as greater than 10^4 colony forming units/ml. These should read greater OR EQUAL to 10^4 colony forming units/ml. The error is in the abstract and in the intervention sections.

In the abstract, please replace:

Patients with clinically suspected VAP undergo BAL and VAP is confirmed by growth of a potential pathogen at [>]10⁴ colony forming units per millilitre (CFU/ml).

With the following correct version:

Patients with clinically suspected VAP undergo BAL and VAP is confirmed by growth of a potential pathogen at [≥]10⁴ colony forming units per millilitre (CFU/ml).

In the Interventions, please replace:

VAP is confirmed by the widely used threshold of growth of a potential pathogen at [>]10⁴ colony forming units per ml (CFU/ml)(13).

With the following correct version:

VAP is confirmed by the widely used threshold of growth of a potential pathogen at [≥]10⁴ colony forming units per ml (CFU/ml)(13).