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Impact of combined antibiotic treatment on multidrug-resistant bacteria emergence after postoperative intra-abdominal infections

Discussion on the DURAPOP randomised clinical trial

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  1. Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, La Timone, Teaching Hospital, APHM, Marseille, France

    Pierre Simeone & David Lagier

  2. Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, 13009, Marseille, France

    Djamel Mokart

  3. Paris Diderot Sorbonne Cite University, and Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Bichat-Claude Bernard University Hospital, HUPNSV, AP-HP, INSERM, UMR 1152, Paris, France

    Philippe Montravers

  4. INSERM CIC-EC 1425, Unité de Recherche Clinique, HUPNVS, CHU Bichat-Claude Bernard, APHP, Paris, France

    Marina Esposito-Farèse

  5. L’UBL, Université d’Angers, Département d’Anesthésie Réanimation, CHU Angers, Angers, France

    Sigismond Lasocki

  6. Critical Care Medicine Department, Amiens University Hospital, and INSERM U1088, University of Picardy Jules Verne, Amiens, France

    Herve Dupont

  7. Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, INT, Inst Neurosci Timone, Marseille, France

    Pierre Simeone

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Simeone, P., Lagier, D., Mokart, D. et al. Impact of combined antibiotic treatment on multidrug-resistant bacteria emergence after postoperative intra-abdominal infections. Intensive Care Med 44, 1000–1001 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-018-5215-8

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