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Decontamination regimens: do not forget half of the protocol

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  1. Service de Réanimation, CH de St BRIEUC, 10, rue Marcel Proust, 22000, Saint-Brieuc, France

    Nicolas Massart, Eric Magalhaes & Pierre Fillatre

  2. Service de Microbiologie, CH de St BRIEUC, 10, rue Marcel Proust, 22000, Saint-Brieuc, France

    Clarisse Dupin

  3. Service de Pharmacologie, CHU Pontchaillou, 2, rue Leon Marcel, 35000, Rennes, France

    Gabriel Auger

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Massart, N., Dupin, C., Auger, G. et al. Decontamination regimens: do not forget half of the protocol. Intensive Care Med 49, 115–116 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-022-06915-7

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