Long-term use of selective decontamination of the digestive tract does not increase antibiotic resistance: A 5-year prospective cohort study

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1458-1465

  Ochoa Ardila, María E ^a   García Cañas, Ana ^b   Gómez Mediavilla, Karen ^b   González Torralba, Ana ^b   Alía, Inmaculada ^b   García Hierro, Paloma ^b   Taylor, Nia ^c   Van Saene, Hendrick K F ^c   De La Cal, Miguel A ^b  

^a Intensive Care Unit   (Colombia)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial; Critical care; Drug resistance; Hospital infections; Intensive care units

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; IMIPENEM; OXACILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE TRACT SELECTIVE DECONTAMINATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTIOUS PNEUMONIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECTUM SWAB; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THROAT CULTURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DECONTAMINATION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80054764481     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-011-2307-0     Document Type: Article

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