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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 5/2015

01-05-2015 | Correspondence

Ventilator-associated pneumonia prevention: the issue is the control of oropharyngeal and gut overgrowth

Authors: Luciano Silvestri, Miguel A. de la Cal, Hendrick K. F. van Saene

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 5/2015

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Title
Ventilator-associated pneumonia prevention: the issue is the control of oropharyngeal and gut overgrowth
Authors
Luciano Silvestri
Miguel A. de la Cal
Hendrick K. F. van Saene
Publication date
01-05-2015
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 5/2015
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-015-3750-0

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