... interests.Authors' contributionsGD, JD, AR, AQ and LG participated in study conception,study design, data acquisition, data analysis and interpreta-tion, and drafting of the manuscript, ... infections in the ICU (ventilator-associated pneumonia, uri-nary infections, catheter-related infections and primary bacter-aemias); ICU length of stay; days of mechanical ventilation andincidence ... González3, Nora Elena Saldarriaga4, Marisol Bedoya1, Juan Manuel Toro5, Jorge Byron Velásquez4, Juan Carlos Valencia4, Clara Maria Arango5, Pablo Henrique Aleman1, Esdras Martin...