Gravity may be the law, but it does not impact critical illness related carriage in overgrowth

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 507-508

  Silvestri, L ^a   Zandstra, D F ^b   Petros, A J ^c   Taylor, N ^d   van Saene, H K F ^d  

^a Unit of Anesthesia and Intensive Care   (Italy)

^b Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BIOFILM; BODY POSITION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIGESTIVE TRACT SELECTIVE DECONTAMINATION; GRAVITY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; OROPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANIMALS; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 84859399162     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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