Effects of selective decontamination of digestive tract on mortality and antibiotic resistance in the intensive-care unit

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 144-149

  De Jonge, Evert ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Critical care; Intensive care; Nosocomial infection; Resistance; SDD; Selective decontamination of digestive tract

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORHEXIDINE; CLINDAMYCIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; META ANALYSIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; SELECTIVE DECONTAMINATION OF DIGESTIVE TRACT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE;

EID: 16844379090     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ccx.0000155352.01489.11     Document Type: Review

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