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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · Jul 1994
Comparative StudyViewpoint: survival benefit by selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD).
- H K van Saene, A J Nunn, and A J Petros.
- Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Liverpool, England.
- Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1994 Jul 1; 15 (7): 443-6.
AbstractMorbidity and mortality due to infection acquired either before or after admission to the intensive care unit is still a major problem. A limited range of potentially pathogenic microorganisms (PPM) are involved, and infection with these PPM usually follows a predictable pattern. Selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) should be investigated further in patients with primarily curable diseases who are not infected on admission to intensive care but become infected there.
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