Abnormal flora and infection in critically ill patients

Peter HJ van der Voort

doi:10.4414/smw.2014.14024

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Abnormal flora and infection in critically ill patients

Peter HJ van der Voort

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2014.14024
Cite this as:: Swiss Med Wkly. 2014;144:w14024
Published: 21.09.2014

References

Hotchkiss RS, Monneret G, Payen D. Immunosuppression in sepsis: a novel understanding of the disorder and a new therapeutic approach. Lancet Infect Dis. 2013;13:260–68.
Vincent JL, Sakr Y, Sprung CL, Ranieri VM, Reinhart K, Gerlach H, et al. Sepsis in European intensive care unit: results of the SOAP study. Crit Care Med. 2006;34:344–53.
Sidler MA, Battegay M, Tschudin-Suttler S, Widmer AF, Weisser M. Enterococci, Clostridium difficile and ESBL-producing bacteria: epidemiology, clinical impact and prevention in ICU patients. Swiss Med Wkly. 2014;144:w14009. http://www.smw.ch/content/smw-2014-14009
Silvestri L, de la Cal MA, van Saene HK. Selective decontamination of the digestive tract: the mechanism of action is control of gut overgrowth. Intensive Care Med. 2012;38:1738–50.
Silvestri L, van Saene HK, Casarin A, Berlot G, Gullo A. Impact of selective decontamination of the digestive tract on carriage and infection due to Gram negative and Gram-positive bacteria: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Anaesth Intensive Care. 2008;36:324–38.
Houben AJ, Oostdijk EA, van der Voort PH, Monen JC, Bonten MJ, van der Bij AK, et al. Selective decontamination of the oropharynx and the digestive tract, and antimicrobial resistance: a 4 year ecological study in 38 intensive care units in the Netherlands. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2014;69:797–804.
Tschudin Sutter S, Frei R, Dangel M, Gratwohl A, Bonten M, Widmer AF. Not all patients with vancomycin-resistant enterococci need to be isolated. Clin Infect Dis. 2010;51:678–6683.

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van der Voort PH. Abnormal flora and infection in critically ill patients. Swiss Med Wkly [Internet]. 2014 Sep. 21 [cited 2024 Apr. 19];144(3940):w14024. Available from: https://smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/1913

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[1] Hotchkiss RS, Monneret G, Payen D. Immunosuppression in sepsis: a novel understanding of the disorder and a new therapeutic approach. Lancet Infect Dis. 2013;13:260–68.

[2] Vincent JL, Sakr Y, Sprung CL, Ranieri VM, Reinhart K, Gerlach H, et al. Sepsis in European intensive care unit: results of the SOAP study. Crit Care Med. 2006;34:344–53.

[3] Sidler MA, Battegay M, Tschudin-Suttler S, Widmer AF, Weisser M. Enterococci, Clostridium difficile and ESBL-producing bacteria: epidemiology, clinical impact and prevention in ICU patients. Swiss Med Wkly. 2014;144:w14009. http://www.smw.ch/content/smw-2014-14009

[4] Silvestri L, de la Cal MA, van Saene HK. Selective decontamination of the digestive tract: the mechanism of action is control of gut overgrowth. Intensive Care Med. 2012;38:1738–50.

[5] Silvestri L, van Saene HK, Casarin A, Berlot G, Gullo A. Impact of selective decontamination of the digestive tract on carriage and infection due to Gram negative and Gram-positive bacteria: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Anaesth Intensive Care. 2008;36:324–38.

[6] Houben AJ, Oostdijk EA, van der Voort PH, Monen JC, Bonten MJ, van der Bij AK, et al. Selective decontamination of the oropharynx and the digestive tract, and antimicrobial resistance: a 4 year ecological study in 38 intensive care units in the Netherlands. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2014;69:797–804.

[7] Tschudin Sutter S, Frei R, Dangel M, Gratwohl A, Bonten M, Widmer AF. Not all patients with vancomycin-resistant enterococci need to be isolated. Clin Infect Dis. 2010;51:678–6683.