Non-adherence to guidelines: An avoidable cause of failure of empirical antimicrobial therapy in the presence of difficult-to-treat bacteria

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-82

  Garcin, Frédéric ^a   Leone, Marc ^a   Antonini, François ^a   Charvet, Aude ^a   Albanèse, Jacques ^a   Martin, Claude ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Antibiotic; De escalation; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Staphylococcus aureus; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; OXACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; SEPTIC SHOCK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 76549131765     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-009-1660-8     Document Type: Article

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