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

• Main Authors: María Jesús Pérez-Granda (Author), Beatriz Alonso (Author), Ricardo Zavala (Author), María Consuelo Latorre (Author), Javier Hortal (Author), Rafael Samaniego (Author), Emilio Bouza (Author), Patricia Muñoz (Author), María Guembe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...