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SUBMITTER: Plantinga NL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4479224 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Plantinga Nienke L NL Bonten Marc J M MJ
Critical care (London, England) 20150624
Selective digestive decontamination (SDD) and selective oropharyngeal decontamination (SOD) have been associated with reduced mortality and lower ICU-acquired bacteremia and ventilator-associated pneumonia rates in areas with low levels of antibiotic resistance. However, the effect of selective decontamination (SDD/SOD) in areas where multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria are endemic is less clear. It will be important to determine whether SDD/SOD improves patient outcome in such settings a ...[more]