Outbreaks of Infection in the ICU: What’s up at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century?

Surveillance cultures are the only cultures that allow the distinction between secondary endogenous and exogenous infections. These types of infection are the two known to cause outbreaks. Secondary endogenous infections can be controlled by enterally administered antimicrobials and should be integr...

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Autores principales: Damjanovic, V., Taylor, N., Williets, T., van Saene, H. K. F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7120292/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1601-9_12
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description Surveillance cultures are the only cultures that allow the distinction between secondary endogenous and exogenous infections. These types of infection are the two known to cause outbreaks. Secondary endogenous infections can be controlled by enterally administered antimicrobials and should be integrated into the routine infection control measures. Exogenous infections can be controlled by topically applied antimicrobials and hygiene.
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spelling pubmed-71202922020-04-06 Outbreaks of Infection in the ICU: What’s up at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century? Damjanovic, V. Taylor, N. Williets, T. van Saene, H. K. F. Infection Control in the Intensive Care Unit Article Surveillance cultures are the only cultures that allow the distinction between secondary endogenous and exogenous infections. These types of infection are the two known to cause outbreaks. Secondary endogenous infections can be controlled by enterally administered antimicrobials and should be integrated into the routine infection control measures. Exogenous infections can be controlled by topically applied antimicrobials and hygiene. 2011-08-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7120292/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1601-9_12 Text en © Springer-Verlag Italia 2011 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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