Selective digestive tract decontamination in critically ill patients

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1113-1129

  Silvestri, Luciano ^a   Van Saene, Hendrick Kf ^b   Petros, Andy J ^c  

^a Ospedale Civile di Gorizia   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Bloodstream infection; Carriage; Gram negative bacilli; Infection; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Pneumonia; Polymyxin; Resistance; Selective digestive decontamination; Tobramycin; Vancomycin; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTIZOXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; LINCOSAMIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; NETILMICIN; NORFLOXACIN; NYSTATIN; OFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; POLYMYXIN B; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; QUINOLONE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BURN; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DATA BASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG POTENTIATION; EMBASE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GENDER; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MEDLINE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROORGANISM; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYCOSIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OROPHARYNX; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY INFECTION; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SECONDARY INFECTION; TISSUE LEVEL; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECONTAMINATION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL;

EID: 84861325051     PISSN: 14656566     EISSN: 17447666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14656566.2012.681778     Document Type: Review

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