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To the Editor: Gibot et al. (Jan. 29 issue)¹ state that in mechanically ventilated patients, detection of soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells (sTREM-1) may be useful for diagnosing or ruling out bacterial pneumonia. The 148 patients enrolled in the study had radiographic evidence of a new and persistent infiltrate, with purulent tracheal secretions, fever, leukocytosis or leukopenia, or some combination of these findings. The 84 patients with microbiologic evidence of infection had a higher level of sTREM-1 in bronchoalveolar-lavage fluid than did the 64 patients without confirmed infection.

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