Comment on: Selective decontamination of the oropharynx and the digestive tract, and antimicrobial resistance: A 4 year ecological study in 38 intensive care units in the Netherlands

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 860-

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

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Unit of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

^f Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Sdd; Selective decontamination of the digestive tract

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOTA; DRUG EFFECTS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; OROPHARYNX; PROCEDURES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BIOTA; DECONTAMINATION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; OROPHARYNX;

EID: 84894042869     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt485     Document Type: Article

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