GEIPC-SEIMC and GTEI-SEMICYUC recommendations for antibiotic treatment of gram positive coccal infections in the critical patient;Recomendaciones GEIPC-SEIMC y GTEI-SEMICYUC para el tratamiento antibiótico de infecciones por cocos grampositivos en el paciente crítico

Medicina Intensiva

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 294-317

  Olaechea Astigarraga, P M ^a   Garnacho Montero, J ^b   Grau Cerrato, S ^c   Rodriguez Colomo O ^d   Palomar Martinez M ^e   Zaragoza Crespo, R ^f   Munoz Garcia Paredes P ^g   Cerda Cerda E ^h   Alvarez Lerma F ^c  

^a HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Critically ill patients; Infections due by grampositive cocci; Therapeutic recommendations

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD TOXICITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSENSUS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DRUG EFFICACY; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; OTOTOXICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SKIN ALLERGY; SPAIN; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 34547702368     PISSN: 02105691     EISSN: 15786749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0210-5691(07)74829-5     Document Type: Article

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