Selective digestive decontamination and antibiotic resistance: a balancing act

Editorial

Marc J M Bonten et al. Crit Care Med. 2003 Aug.

. 2003 Aug;31(8):2239-40.

doi: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000080491.46005.3F.

No abstract available

Comment on

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