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.

Houben, A J M; Oostdijk, E A N; van der Voort, P H J; Monen, J C M; Bonten, M J M; van der Bij, A K

Houben, A J M; Oostdijk, E A N; van der Voort, P H J; Monen, J C M; Bonten, M J M; van der Bij, A K.

Affiliation

Houben AJ; Centre for Infectious Disease Control (CIb), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands.

J Antimicrob Chemother ; 69(3): 797-804, 2014 Mar.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24144922

Subject(s)

Anti-Infective Agents/administration & dosage; Biota/drug effects; Decontamination/methods; Drug Resistance, Bacterial/drug effects; Gastrointestinal Tract/microbiology; Gram-Negative Bacteria/drug effects; Oropharynx/microbiology; Bacteremia/microbiology; Gram-Negative Bacteria/classification; Gram-Negative Bacteria/isolation & purification; Humans; Intensive Care Units; Netherlands; Respiratory Tract Infections/microbiology

Key words

bacterial drug resistance; selective decontamination of the digestive tract; selective oropharyngeal decontamination; surveillance

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Health context: 3_ND Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Oropharynx / Decontamination / Drug Resistance, Bacterial / Gastrointestinal Tract / Biota / Gram-Negative Bacteria / Anti-Infective Agents Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: En Journal: J Antimicrob Chemother Year: 2014 Document type: Article

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