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

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

Abstract Background 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, term...

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Main Authors: Elena Buelow, Teresita d. j. Bello González, Susana Fuentes, Wouter A. A. de Steenhuijsen Piters, Leo Lahti, Jumamurat R. Bayjanov, Eline A. M. Majoor, Johanna C. Braat, Maaike S. M. van Mourik, Evelien A. N. Oostdijk, Rob J. L. Willems, Marc J. M. Bonten, Mark W. J. van Passel, Hauke Smidt, Willem van Schaik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:Microbiome
Subjects:
Anti-bacterial agents
Antibiotic prophylaxis
Drug resistance
Microbial
Intensive care
Microbiome
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-017-0309-z

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