Ventilator-associated pneumonia is linked to a worse prognosis than community-acquired pneumonia in children

• Maria Hernandez-Garcia ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Maria Hernandez-Garcia, Monica Girona-Alarcon

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Paediatrics Department, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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• Monica Girona-Alarcon ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Maria Hernandez-Garcia, Monica Girona-Alarcon

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Immunological and Respiratory Disorders in the Paediatric Critical Patient Research Group, Institut de Recerca Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain, Emergency Transport System, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain

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• Sara Bobillo-Perez ,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sbobillo@sjdhospitalbarcelona.org

  Affiliations Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Immunological and Respiratory Disorders in the Paediatric Critical Patient Research Group, Institut de Recerca Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8889-2995

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• Mireia Urrea-Ayala ,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Infection Control Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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• Anna Sole-Ribalta ,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Immunological and Respiratory Disorders in the Paediatric Critical Patient Research Group, Institut de Recerca Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain, Emergency Transport System, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain

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• Mònica Balaguer ,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Immunological and Respiratory Disorders in the Paediatric Critical Patient Research Group, Institut de Recerca Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain

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• Francisco-José Cambra ,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Immunological and Respiratory Disorders in the Paediatric Critical Patient Research Group, Institut de Recerca Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain

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• Iolanda Jordan

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Immunological and Respiratory Disorders in the Paediatric Critical Patient Research Group, Institut de Recerca Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, CIBERESP, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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