Tigecycline possibly underdosed for the treatment of pneumonia: a pharmacokinetic viewpoint

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-102

  Burkhardt, Olaf ^a   Rauch, Kerstin ^a   Kaever, Volkhard ^a   Hadem, Johannes ^a   Kielstein, Jan T ^a   Welte, Tobias ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; TIGECYCLINE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPITHELIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PLASMA CONCENTRATION-TIME CURVE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; SHOCK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STEADY STATE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MINOCYCLINE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 67349135277     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2009.01.015     Document Type: Letter

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