Selective decontamination of the digestive tract: Cumulating evidence, at last?

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-22

  Bonten, Marc J M ^a,b   Krueger, Wolfgang A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colonization; Infection control; Nosocomial pneumonia; Selective decontamination of the digestive tract; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; POLYMYXIN B; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 33644676980     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-933669     Document Type: Review

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