Topical antibiotics used to prevent pneumonia in intensive care “hazardous and unsafe”

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Published by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 06/10/2014 - 11:14am

The use of topical antibiotics in clinical trials to prevent pneumonia in patients in intensive care units increased rather than decreased rates of pneumonia, a new analysis by the University of Melbourne has found.

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