Selective decontamination and ecology

Anaerobe

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 361-362

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Ospedale Civile di Gorizia   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

^d GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASEPSIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM; ECOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; LETTER; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELECTIVE DIGESTIVE DECONTAMINATION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; BIOTA; DECONTAMINATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84861904007     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: 10958274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2012.02.001     Document Type: Letter

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