Clinical use of selective decontamination: the concept.

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Published in Intensive Care Med on January 01, 1990

Authors

D van der Waaij1, W L Manson, J P Arends, H G de Vries-Hospers

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratory for Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

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