Empirical antibiotic therapy: Arguments in favour of the monotherapy;Antibiothérapie probabiliste: Arguments en faveur de la monoth́erapie

Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 631-635

  Dupont, H ^a  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Antibioth rapie probabiliste; Empirical antibiotic therapy; Monoth rapie; Monotherapy

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NETILMICIN; PIPERACILLIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; QUINOLONE; RIFAMPICIN; TAZOBACTAM; TICARCILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; PERITONITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG SYNERGISM; HUMANS;

EID: 3342999508     PISSN: 07507658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annfar.2004.05.007     Document Type: Article

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