Intestinal decontamination for control of nosocomial multiresistant gram-negative bacilli: study of an outbreak in an intensive care unit

C Brun-Buisson, P Legrand, A Rauss… - Annals of internal …, 1989 - acpjournals.org
… of intestinal decontamination by oral nonabsorbable antibiotic agents to control a nosocomial
outbreak of intestinal colonization and infection with multiresistant Enterobacteriaceae, …

Intestinal decontamination in a polyvalent ICU: a double-blind study

J Godard, C Guillaume, ME Reverdy, P Bachmann… - Intensive care …, 1990 - Springer
… the efficacy of prevention of nosocomial infections by selective digestive decontamination. …
intestinal decontamination for controlling an outbreak of multiresistant gram-negative bacilli in …

Selective decontamination of the gastrointestinal tract as an infection control measure

ME Taylor, BA Oppenheim - Journal of Hospital Infection, 1991 - Elsevier
… out in previous outbreaks due to multi-resistant organisms4 … halt an outbreak due to a
nosocomial K. aerogenes. Also our … the upper gastrointestinal tract by Gram-negative bacilli being …

Is selective digestive decontamination useful in controlling aerobic gram-negative bacilli producing extended spectrum beta-lactamases?

F Abecasis, RE Sarginson, S Kerr, N Taylor… - Microbial drug …, 2011 - liebertpub.com
… Comment on: emergence of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria during selective …
Intestinal decontamination for control of nosocomial multi-resistant Gram-negative bacilli. Ann. …

… decontamination of the digestive tract on carriage and infection due to Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials

L Silvestri, HKF Van Saene, A Casarin… - … and intensive care, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
… Selective gut decontamination reduces nosocomial infections and length of stay but not
mortality or organ failure in surgical intensive care unit patients. Arch Surg 1992; 127: 163–169. …

The role of intestinal colonization with gram-negative bacteria as a source for intensive care unit-acquired bacteremia

EAN Oostdijk, AMGA de Smet, J Kesecioglu… - Critical care …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
… Selective digestive tract decontamination aims to eradicate Gram-negative bacteria in both
the intestinal … The rapidly increasing problems of multiresistant GNB in ICUs worldwide ( 15 ) …

Prevention and control of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria in adult intensive care units: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

N Teerawattanapong, K Kengkla… - Clinical Infectious …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
… Infection was defined as any nosocomial infection for which the causative pathogens were …
[77] found that selective digestive or oropharyngeal decontamination did not decrease MRSA …

Selective decontamination to reduce gram-negative colonisation and infections after oesophageal resection

GWM Tetteroo, A Castelein, HW Tilanus, C Ince… - The Lancet, 1990 - Elsevier
… the gastrointestinal tract and oropharynx by increasingly multiresistant gram-negative
bacilli … probably because most nosocomial urinary tract infections are associated with …

Selective intestinal decontamination in multiple trauma patients: prospective, controlled trial

W Lingnau, J Berger, F Javorsky… - Journal of Trauma …, 1997 - journals.lww.com
… emergence of nosocomial infections. [6] The selective suppression of aerobic … of intestinal
gram-negative bacteria in all patients during the first 10 days. Later, intestinal decontamination

Mechanisms of failure to decontaminate the gut with polymixin E, gentamicin and amphotericin B in patients in intensive care

B Misset, MD Kitzis, G Conscience… - European Journal of …, 1994 - Springer
… in order to detect the fecal carriage of gram-positive and multiresistant gram-negative bacteria.
… Selective decontamination of the digestive tract has been proposed because nosocomial