Article
Effect of short-course antibiotics on the antimicrobial resistance profile of colonizing gut bacteria in the ICU
2019-11-13
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background: The need for early antibiotics in the intensive care unit (ICU) is often balanced against the goal of antibiotic stewardship. We sought to determine how short-course antibiotics in the ICU affect the antimicrobial resistance phenotype and genotype of colonizing gut bacteria. <h4>Results:</h4> Deep rectal swabs were performed on 48 adults at the time of ICU admission and 72 h...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 4ea6e4c0-9344-5d37-9edb-6172bbdd5860
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.2.17232/v1
