Selective digestive decontamination. Why are intensivists more "resistant" than microorganisms?

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 658-659

  Silvestri, L ^a   Petros, A J ^b   de la Cal, M A ^c   Visintin, S ^d  

^a Unit of Anesthesia and Intensive Care   (Italy)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POLYMYXIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; PATIENT MONITORING; SELECTIVE DIGESTIVE DECONTAMINATION; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECONTAMINATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL;

EID: 79958783213     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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