Gut overgrowth harms the critically ill

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1560-

  Petros, Andy ^a   Taylor, Nia ^b   Van Saene, Hendrick K ^b   Silvestri, Luciano ^c  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Unit of Anesthesia and Intensive Care   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYENE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POLYMYXIN; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANDIDA; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIGESTIVE TRACT SECRETION; ENTEROPATHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GUT OVERGROWTH; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PROPHYLAXIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MALE; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 80054753139     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-011-2287-0     Document Type: Letter

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