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Rotating antibiotics in the intensive care unit: feasible, apparently beneficial, but questions remain

Rotating antibiotics in the intensive care unit may result in less infections caused by resistant organisms and in even less mortality. The selection of super-resistant organisms associated with the rotation strategy cannot be excluded, however, and many practical issues will have to be addressed be...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Pechère, Jean-Claude
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC137389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11940258
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc1445
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Sumario:Rotating antibiotics in the intensive care unit may result in less infections caused by resistant organisms and in even less mortality. The selection of super-resistant organisms associated with the rotation strategy cannot be excluded, however, and many practical issues will have to be addressed before antibiotic rotation can be routinely recommended.