Selective digestive decontamination solution used as “lock therapy” prevents and eradicates bacterial biofilm in an in vitro bench-top model

Selective digestive decontamination solution used as “lock therapy” prevents and eradicates bacterial biofilm in an in vitro bench-top model

Abstract Background Most preventing measures for reducing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) are based mainly on the decolonization of the internal surface of the endotracheal tubes (ETTs). However, it has been demonstrated that bacterial biofilm can also be formed on the external surface of ETTs...

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Main Authors: María Jesús Pérez-Granda, Beatriz Alonso, Ricardo Zavala, María Consuelo Latorre, Javier Hortal, Rafael Samaniego, Emilio Bouza, Patricia Muñoz, María Guembe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
Subjects:
Ventilator associated pneumonia
Biofilm
Endotracheal tube
Selective decontamination solution
Lock therapy
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12941-020-00387-7

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