Impact of carbapenem administration on systemic endotoxemia in patients with severe sepsis and gram-negative bacteremia

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 502-506

  Giamarellos Bourboulis, E J ^a,c   Mega, A ^b   Pavleas, I ^b   Archontoulis, N ^b   Rigas, K ^b   Vernikos, P ^b   Giamarellou, H ^a   Thomopoulos, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Cytokines; Endotoxins; Imipenem; Meropenem; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARBAPENEM; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MEROPENEM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOTOXEMIA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MORGANELLA; NEPHELOMETRY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEPSIS; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 33751167592     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/joc.2006.18.5.502     Document Type: Article

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