Application of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics to antimicrobial therapy of community-acquired respiratory tract infections

Respiration

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 561-571

  Calbo, Esther ^a   Garau, Javier ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL MÚTUA DE TERRASSA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beta lactams; Fluoroquinolones; Macrolides; Pharmacodynamics; Pharmacokinetics; Respiratory infections

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMINOPENICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM; CEFDITOREN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFPIROME; CEFPODOXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; MOXIFLOXACIN; OXAZOLIDINONE DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; MACROLIDES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 29144442460     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089567     Document Type: Review

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