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A comparative study of the use of selective digestive decontamination prophylaxis in living‐donor liver transplant recipients

Eugene Katchman, M. Márquez, Fateh Bazerbachi, David Grant, Mark S. Cattral, Chian Yong Low, Eberhard L. Renner, Atul Humar, Markus Selzner, Anand Ghanekar,

Transplant Infectious Disease · 2014 · 16 citations · 18 references

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Abstract

In conclusion, the use of SDD prophylaxis in LD-LT was not beneficial and should be avoided, as it offers no advantage and could potentiate the emergence of multidrug-resistant organisms.

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