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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: The results for CASS patients and control subjects (per protocol and intention-to-treat analysis) were as follows : VAP incidence, 3. 6 % vs 5. 3 % (p = 0. 2) and 3. 8 % vs 5. 1 %, respectively ; incidence density, 17. 9 vs 27. 6 episodes per 1, 000 days of mechanical ventilation (MV) [p = 0. 18] and 18. 9 vs 28. 7 episodes per 1, 000 days of MV, respectively ; hospital antibiotic use in daily defined doses (DDDs), 1, 213 vs 1, 932 (p < 0. 001) and 1, 392 vs 1, 932, respectively (p < 0. 001).