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Selective decontamination is not sticky

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  1. Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital–PICU, Great Ormond Street, London, TW9 4JF, UK

    A. J. Petros

  2. Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital, Alder Hey, Liverpool, UK

    R. E. Sarginson

  3. Department of Histopathology, Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital, London, UK

    M. Ashworth

  4. Department of Pharmacy, Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital, Alder Hey, Liverpool, UK

    N. Reilly

  5. NV Organon, PO Box 20, 5340 BH, Oss, The Netherlands

    J. J. M. van Saene

  6. Department of Clinical Bacteriology/Infection Control, Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital, Alder Hey, Liverpool, UK

    H. K. F. van Saene

  7. Intensive Care Unit, OLV-Gasthuis, 1091 AC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    D. F. Zandstra

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Petros, A.J., Sarginson, R.E., Ashworth, M. et al. Selective decontamination is not sticky. Intensive Care Med 34, 1734–1735 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-008-1136-2

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