Sepsis and Septic Shock: Selection of Empiric Antimicrobial Therapy

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 313-334

  Cunha, Burke A ^a,b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFOPERAZONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; MINOCYCLINE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYMYXIN B; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE COLITIS; COLITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEVER; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CRITICAL CARE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 40849095907     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2007.12.015     Document Type: Review

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