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Effects of Chlorhexidine Oral Decontamination on Respiratory Colonization during Mechanical Ventilation in Intensive Care Unit Patients
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2015
Abstract
We conducted a retrospective cohort study to assess respiratory colonization before and after the use of chlorhexidine oral decontamination among a cohort of intensive care unit patients who received mechanical ventilation. We observed a decrease in the prevalence of Enterobacteriaceae and an increase in the incidence of fungal colonization. Chlorhexidine oral decontamination might have a differential effect on respiratory colonization.
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