Infection Control in Intensive Care Units by Selective Decontamination: The Use of Oral Non-Absorbable and Parenteral Agents

Infection Control in Intensive Care Units by Selective Decontamination: The Use of Oral Non-Absorbable and Parenteral Agents
ISBN-10
3642837522
ISBN-13
9783642837524
Category
Medical
Pages
235
Language
English
Published
2012-12-06
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Authors
Hendrik K.F.van Saene, C.P. Stoutenbeek, Peter Lawin

Description

Selective decontamination is a technique which combines short-term and long-term antimicrobials to prevent or treat the acquisition and subsequent carriage of microorganisms causing late colonization and infections. The antimicrobials are selective in that they leave the indigenous, mostly anaerobic flora more or less intact, whilst the effective decontamination provides a genuine breakthrough in the endogenous route of pathogenesis. The improvements in decontamination techniques presented here offer significant reduction in infection related morbidity and mortality among trauma patients.

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