Effect of selective decontamination on antimicrobial resistance in intensive care units: A systematic review and meta-analysis

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 328-341

  Daneman, Nick ^a,b   Sarwar, Syed ^a   Fowler, Robert A ^a   Cuthbertson, Brian H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORHEXIDINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NEOMYCIN; NETILMICIN; NORFLOXACIN; NYSTATIN; POLYMYXIN B; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DATA BASE; DISINFECTION; EMBASE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LANGUAGE; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; MEDLINE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNX; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SELECTIVE DIGESTIVE DECONTAMINATION; SELECTIVE OROPHARYNGEAL DECONTAMINATION; STOMACH; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CEPHALOSPORINS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CROSS INFECTION; DECONTAMINATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EUROPE; FLUOROQUINOLONES; GENTAMICINS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEOMYCIN; NYSTATIN; ODDS RATIO; OROPHARYNX; POLYMYXINS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SOUTH AFRICA; TOBRAMYCIN; UNITED STATES; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 84875616502     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70322-5     Document Type: Article

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