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Selective decontamination of the digestive tract: 13 years on, what it is and what it is not

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  1. Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Liverpool and Royal Liverpool Children's NHS Trust, P.O. Box 147, L 69 3BX, Liverpool, UK

    D. Baxby & H. K. F. van Saene

  2. Department of Intensive Care, Academisch Medisch Centrum Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    C. P. Stoutenbeek

  3. Department of Intensive Care, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    D. F. Zandstra

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Baxby, D., van Saene, H.K.F., Stoutenbeek, C.P. et al. Selective decontamination of the digestive tract: 13 years on, what it is and what it is not. Intensive Care Med 22, 699–706 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01709750

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