Telavancin for the treatment of hospital-acquired pneumonia: Findings from the ATTAIN studies

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 847-854

  Nannini, Esteban C ^a   Corey, G Ralph ^b,c   Stryjewski, Martin E ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CEMIC   (Argentina)

Author keywords

hospital acquired pneumonia; MRSA; Staphylococcus aureus; telavancin; vancomycin; ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

LINEZOLID; TELAVANCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABNORMAL URINE COMPOSITION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOTENSION; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHARMACODYNAMICS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; TASTE DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CREATININE; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 84867063730     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/eri.12.81     Document Type: Review

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