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Oral administration of gentamicin for prophylaxis of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae gut colonization in patients treated with a novel parenchymal-sparing liver surgery: the GEN Gut study

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  1. U.O. Malattie Infettive, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy

    Carlo Tascini, Simona Fortunato, Alessandro Leonildi & Francesco Menichetti

  2. U.O. General Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy

    Lucio Urbani, Riccardo Balestri, Elisabetta Rossi, Marco Puccini & Piero Buccianti

  3. Fondazione Toscana “G. Monasterio”, Via Moruzzi 1, 56100, Pisa, Italy

    Francesco Sbrana & Andrea Ripoli

  4. Intensive Care Unit IV, Department of Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy

    Francesco Forfori, Gabriella Licitra & Chiara Leoni

  5. Division of Pharmacology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Antonello Di Paolo

  6. U.O. Epatologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy

    Piero Colombatto

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In the past 2 years, C.T. has been paid for lectures on behalf of Pfizer, Novartis, Merck, Angelini, Gilead, and Astellas. No conflict of interest for the other authors.

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Tascini, C., Urbani, L., Sbrana, F. et al. Oral administration of gentamicin for prophylaxis of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae gut colonization in patients treated with a novel parenchymal-sparing liver surgery: the GEN Gut study. Intensive Care Med 42, 124–125 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-015-4049-x

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