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Comparative gut microbiota and resistome profiling of intensive care patients receiving selective di...

Comparative gut microbiota and resistome profiling of intensive care patients receiving selective di...

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Comparative gut microbiota and resistome profiling of intensive care patients receiving selective digestive tract decontamination and healthy subjects

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Comparative gut microbiota and resistome profiling of intensive care patients receiving selective digestive tract decontamination and healthy subjects

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England: BioMed Central Ltd

Journal title

Microbiome, 2017-08, Vol.5 (1), p.88-88, Article 88

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English

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England: BioMed Central Ltd

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Contents

The gut microbiota is a reservoir of opportunistic pathogens that can cause life-threatening infections in critically ill patients during their stay in an intensive care unit (ICU). To suppress gut colonization with opportunistic pathogens, a prophylactic antibiotic regimen, termed "selective decontamination of the digestive tract" (SDD), is used i...

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Comparative gut microbiota and resistome profiling of intensive care patients receiving selective digestive tract decontamination and healthy subjects

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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_11bc673e9b9d407e9dd479fc13bf137c

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_11bc673e9b9d407e9dd479fc13bf137c

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2049-2618

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2049-2618

DOI

10.1186/s40168-017-0309-z

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