Erratum to: ‘Effectiveness of biomarker-based exclusion of ventilator-acquired pneumonia to reduce antibiotic use (VAPrapid-2): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial’

Erratum Unfortunately, the original version of this article [1] contained an error. There are two references in the text to the threshold for defining VAP as greater than 10^4 colony forming units/ml. These should read greater OR EQUAL to 10^4 colony forming units/ml. The error is in the abstract and in the intervention sections. In the abstract, please replace: Patients with clinically suspected VAP undergo BAL and VAP is confirmed by growth of a potential pathogen at [>]10 colony forming units per millilitre (CFU/ml). With the following correct version: Patients with clinically suspected VAP undergo BAL and VAP is confirmed by growth of a potential pathogen at [≥]10 colony forming units per millilitre (CFU/ml). In the Interventions, please replace: VAP is confirmed by the widely used threshold of growth of a potential pathogen at [>]10 colony forming units per ml (CFU/ml)(13). With the following correct version: VAP is confirmed by the widely used threshold of growth of a potential pathogen at [≥]10 colony forming units per ml (CFU/ml)(13).