Antibiotic resistance and the ecological effects of selective decontamination of the digestive tract in Intensive Care Units

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1127292

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

We will study patients within a large trial of gut decontamination, in which antibiotics are given in advance to reduce the risk of infection. Specifically, we will determine whether there is any increased antibiotic resistance and even biodiversity loss, as some fear. This is a one-off chance to provide essential data that can help us design better national policies for antibiotic resistance control and a true personalised medicine approach to resistance and infection in ICU.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 01-01-2019

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $901,396.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Bacteriology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

antibiotic resistance | antibiotic use | bacterial evolution | microbial ecology | plasmids

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