Selective digestive tract decontamination and spread of colistin resistance: antibiotic prophylaxis is not a substitute for hygiene.
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Clinics of Constance, Constance, Germany wolfgang.krueger@klinikum-konstanz.de.
Wolfgang A
WA
Krueger
Department of Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Alexandra
A
Heininger
Department of Clinical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, Munich University Hospital, Munich, Germany.
Béatrice
B
Grabein
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Tuebingen University Hospital, Tuebingen, Germany.
Klaus
K
Unertl
Department of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Universidad Complutense Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Miguel
M
Sánchez-García
D003091:Colistin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects*; D014031:Tobramycin / Q000494:pharmacology*
D014031:Tobramycin; D003091:Colistin