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Selective decontamination of the digestive tract is a four-component strategy

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  1. Bosweg 58, 7314 HD, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands

    Hans Rommes

  2. Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

    Nia Taylor

  3. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK

    Andy Petros

  4. Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Carretera de Toledo, Getafe, Spain

    Miguel de la Cal

  5. Department of Cardiological, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, Unit of Biostatistics, Epidemiolgy and Public Health, University of Padova, 35133, Padova, Italy

    Luciano Silvestri

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Rommes, H., Taylor, N., Petros, A. et al. Selective decontamination of the digestive tract is a four-component strategy. Intensive Care Med 46, 1796–1797 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-020-05958-y

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