Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia by use of oral chlorhexidine

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-102

  Silvestri, Luciano ^a   Van Saene, Hendrick K F ^b   Milanese, Marco ^a   Zei, Eraldo ^a   Blazic, Miranda ^a  

^a Unit of Anesthesia and Intensive Care   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY POSITION; CITROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA; LETTER; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; OROPHARYNGEAL MUCOSA IRRITATION; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; SEMIRECUMBENCY; SERRATIA; SURGICAL PATIENT; TRACHEOBRONCHITIS; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; WARD;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; CHLORHEXIDINE; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED;

EID: 57749113699     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/591742     Document Type: Letter

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