Oral mucosal adverse events with chlorhexidine 2% mouthwash in ICU

Affiliations

¹ Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, P.O. Box 85500, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands. N.L.Plantinga@umcutrecht.nl.
² Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, P.O. Box 85500, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Intensive Care, AZ St. Lucas Hospital, Groenebriel 1, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
⁴ Department of Intensive Care, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
⁵ Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, AZ St. Lucas Hospital, Groenebriel 1, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
⁶ Medical ICU and Infection Control Unit, Hopitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor and Université Paris-Est Créteil, 94000, Créteil, France.
⁷ Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, P.O. Box 85500, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Nienke L Plantinga et al. Intensive Care Med. 2016 Apr.

. 2016 Apr;42(4):620-621.

doi: 10.1007/s00134-016-4217-7. Epub 2016 Feb 5.

¹ Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, P.O. Box 85500, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands. N.L.Plantinga@umcutrecht.nl.
² Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, P.O. Box 85500, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Intensive Care, AZ St. Lucas Hospital, Groenebriel 1, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
⁴ Department of Intensive Care, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
⁵ Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, AZ St. Lucas Hospital, Groenebriel 1, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
⁶ Medical ICU and Infection Control Unit, Hopitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor and Université Paris-Est Créteil, 94000, Créteil, France.
⁷ Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, P.O. Box 85500, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

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Conflict of interest statement

On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest.

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