Therapy of SSTI and role of tigecycline;Terapia delle SSTI e ruolo della tigeciclina

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2009, Pages 64-76

  Concia, Ercole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anitibiotic treatment; Skine and soft tissue infections; Tygecycline

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DAPTOMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TIGECYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTHRALGIA; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MYALGIA; MYOPATHY; NAUSEA; NEUROPATHY; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; VOMITING;

ACETAMIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; DAPTOMYCIN; DEBRIDEMENT; DRAINAGE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; ITALY; MINOCYCLINE; OXAZOLIDINONES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEPSIS; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 77951563726     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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