Selective decontamination of the digestive tract: selectivity is not required

Affiliations

¹ Department of Intensive Care, OLVG, 1st Oosterpark Str 279, 1090 HM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
² Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3JH, UK.
³ Department of Emergency, Unit of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Presidio Ospedaliero, Via Fatebenefratelli 34, 34170, Gorizia, Italy.
⁴ Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos y Grandes Quemados, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Getafe, Madrid, Spain.
⁵ School of Clinical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Duncan Building, Daulby Street, Liverpool, L69 3GA, UK. nia.taylor@liv.ac.uk.
⁶ School of Clinical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Duncan Building, Daulby Street, Liverpool, L69 3GA, UK.

Comment

D F Zandstra et al. Intensive Care Med. 2010 Oct.

. 2010 Oct;36(10):1783-1784.

doi: 10.1007/s00134-010-1945-y. Epub 2010 Jul 7.

¹ Department of Intensive Care, OLVG, 1st Oosterpark Str 279, 1090 HM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
² Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3JH, UK.
³ Department of Emergency, Unit of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Presidio Ospedaliero, Via Fatebenefratelli 34, 34170, Gorizia, Italy.
⁴ Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos y Grandes Quemados, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Getafe, Madrid, Spain.
⁵ School of Clinical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Duncan Building, Daulby Street, Liverpool, L69 3GA, UK. nia.taylor@liv.ac.uk.
⁶ School of Clinical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Duncan Building, Daulby Street, Liverpool, L69 3GA, UK.

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Comment in

SDD: don't be selective in considering pros and cons.
Benus RF, Harmsen HJ, van der Werf TS. Benus RF, et al. Intensive Care Med. 2010 Oct;36(10):1785-1786. doi: 10.1007/s00134-010-1947-9. Epub 2010 Jul 7. Intensive Care Med. 2010. PMID: 20607516 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Impact of digestive and oropharyngeal decontamination on the intestinal microbiota in ICU patients.
Benus RF, Harmsen HJ, Welling GW, Spanjersberg R, Zijlstra JG, Degener JE, van der Werf TS. Benus RF, et al. Intensive Care Med. 2010 Aug;36(8):1394-402. doi: 10.1007/s00134-010-1826-4. Epub 2010 Mar 16. Intensive Care Med. 2010. PMID: 20232045 Free PMC article.

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