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Decreased susceptibility to chlorhexidine affects a quarter of Escherichia coli isolates responsible for pneumonia in ICU patients

Authors: Béatrice La Combe, Alexandre Bleibtreu, Jonathan Messika, Romain Fernandes, Olivier Clermont, Catherine Branger, Typhaine Billard-Pomares, Guilène Barnaud, Fatma Magdoud, Matthieu Eveillard, Achille Kouatchet, Sigismond Lasocki, Pierre Asfar, Stéphane Corvec, Karim Lakhal, Laurence Armand-Lefevre, Michel Wolff, Jean-François Timsit, Sandrine Bourdon, Jean Reignier, Stéphanie Martin, Vincent Fihman, Nicolas de Prost, Julien Bador, Pierre-Emmanuel Charles, Julien Goret, Alexandre Boyer, Frederic Wallet, Emmanuelle Jaillette, Saad Nseir, Luce Landraud, Raymond Ruimy, Pierre-Eric Danin, Jean Dellamonica, Julie Cremniter, Jean-Pierre Frat, Françoise Jauréguy, Christophe Clec’h, Dominique Decré, Eric Maury, Didier Dreyfuss, Erick Denamur, Jean-Damien Ricard

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 4/2018

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Title: Decreased susceptibility to chlorhexidine affects a quarter of Escherichia coli isolates responsible for pneumonia in ICU patients
Authors: Béatrice La Combe
Alexandre Bleibtreu
Jonathan Messika
Romain Fernandes
Olivier Clermont
Catherine Branger
Typhaine Billard-Pomares
Guilène Barnaud
Fatma Magdoud
Matthieu Eveillard
Achille Kouatchet
Sigismond Lasocki
Pierre Asfar
Stéphane Corvec
Karim Lakhal
Laurence Armand-Lefevre
Michel Wolff
Jean-François Timsit
Sandrine Bourdon
Jean Reignier
Stéphanie Martin
Vincent Fihman
Nicolas de Prost
Julien Bador
Pierre-Emmanuel Charles
Julien Goret
Alexandre Boyer
Frederic Wallet
Emmanuelle Jaillette
Saad Nseir
Luce Landraud
Raymond Ruimy
Pierre-Eric Danin
Jean Dellamonica
Julie Cremniter
Jean-Pierre Frat
Françoise Jauréguy
Christophe Clec’h
Dominique Decré
Eric Maury
Didier Dreyfuss
Erick Denamur
Jean-Damien Ricard
Publication date: 01-04-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 4/2018
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-018-5061-8

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