Treatment of infections caused by carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 32, Issue S4, 2014, Pages 49-55

  Rodríguez Baño, Jesús ^a,b   Cisneros, José Miguel ^a,c   Gudiol, Carlota ^d   Martínez, José Antonio ^e  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Antimicrobial therapy; Bloodstream infections; Carbapenemases; Enterobacteriaceae; Multidrug resistance

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFTAZIDIME; COLISTIN; DORIPENEM; ERTAPENEM; FOSFOMYCIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYMYXIN; POLYMYXIN B; TEMOCILLIN; TIGECYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEMASE;

BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CARBAPENEMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CLASSIFICATION; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HEALTH; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84920725886     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0213-005X(14)70174-0     Document Type: Article

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