Does selective digestive decontamination (SDD) increase antibiotic resistance? Long-term comparison of two intensive care units (with and without SDD) of the same tertiary hospital

ConclusionsSDD had neither a clinically relevant impact on emergence and spread of resistance, nor in the overall systemic antimicrobial use. The patient type rather than the SDD protocol showed to condition the ecology and therefore, the resistance rate in the ICUs.
Source: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - Category: Microbiology Source Type: research