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It has been clearly demonstrated that a number of conditions, such as severe trauma [1], advanced age [2] and medical interventions (e.g. chemotherapy and surgery) [3, 4] are associated with acquisition and subsequent colonization and infection by gram-negative bacilli and yeasts.
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Crome, D. (1989). Pharmaceutical Technology in Selective Decontamination. In: van Saene, H.K.F., Stoutenbeek, C.P., Lawin, P., Ledingham, I.M. (eds) Infection Control in Intensive Care Units by Selective Decontamination. Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 7. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83752-4_25
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