Gentamicin once-daily in enterococcal endocarditis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 5033-5034

  Bassetti, Matteo ^a   Righi, Elda ^a   Crapis, Massimo ^a   Cojutti, Piergiorgio ^b   Venturini, Sergio ^a   Viale, Pierluigi ^c   Pea, Federico ^b  

^a S Maria Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Enterococcus spp; Gentamicin; Safety

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CREATININE; FUROSEMIDE; GENTAMICIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSEIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; HUMAN; LETTER; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT DURATION; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84886410893     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.07.225     Document Type: Article

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