Effect of gingival and dental plaque antiseptic decontamination on nosocomial infections acquired in the intensive care unit: A double-blind placebo-controlled multicenter study

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1728-1735

  Fourrier, François ^a   Dubois, Didier ^b   Pronnier, Philippe ^c   Herbecq, Patrick ^d   Leroy, Olivier ^b   Desmettre, Thibaut ^b   Pottier Cau, Elodie ^c   Boutigny, Hervé ^c   Pompéo, Christophe Di ^a   Durocher, Alain ^a,c   Roussel Delvallez, Micheline ^c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

^c LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE ROUBAIX   (France)

Author keywords

Antiseptic decontamination; Chlorhexidine; Dental plaque; Intensive care; Nosocomial infection; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; ELUGEL; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AGED; ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENTEROBACTER; FEMALE; GEL; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GINGIVA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TOOTH PLAQUE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 23844508830     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000171537.03493.B0     Document Type: Article

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