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Mr. Ortega and Professor Groeneveld are from the Intensive Care Unit and Dr. Schultsz is from the Department of Medical Microbiology, the Institute for Cardiovascular Research at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Address reprint requests to A. B. J. Groeneveld, MD, PhD, FCCP, FCCM, Department of Intensive Care, Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The authors thank Dr. P. Savelkoul and Mrs. A. Kauser and M. Meester for technical support. |
