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Figure 2

From: Use of the probiotic Lactobacillus plantarum 299 to reduce pathogenic bacteria in the oropharynx of intubated patients: a randomised controlled open pilot study

Figure 2

Distribution of the findings of emerging enteric bacteria. On the first days of ICU care, identified emerging enteric species were twice as many in the control patients. Despite a gradual decrease in the number of patients remaining in the study (similar in both groups), new cases of tracheal infection appeared in the latter part of the study period, primarily in the control group.

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Critical Care

ISSN: 1364-8535