Selective decontamination of the digestive tract reduces mortality in critically ill patients

Critical Care

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-110

  Schultz, Marcus J ^a   de Jonge, Evert ^a   Kesecioglu, Jozef ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PLACEBO; POLYMYXIN B; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ERADICATION THERAPY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURVIVAL;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; DECONTAMINATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 0037388099     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc1873     Document Type: Article

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