Polymyxin B with dual carbapenem combination therapy against carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae

Journal of Infection

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 309-311

  Chua, Nathalie Grace ^a   Zhou, Yvonne Peijun ^a   Tan, Thuan Tong ^a   Lingegowda, Pushpalatha Bangalore ^a   Lee, Winnie ^a   Lim, Tze Peng ^a   Teo, Jocelyn ^a   Cai, Yiying ^a   Kwa, Andrea L ^a,b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARBAPENEM; COLISTIMETHATE; COLISTIN; DORIPENEM; ERTAPENEM; MEROPENEM; POLYMYXIN B; PROCALCITONIN; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; CARBAPENEMASE PRODUCING KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DRUG EFFICACY; DUODENUM ULCER; GALLSTONE; GASTRECTOMY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH ULCER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOBRONCHITIS; BACTEREMIA; DRUG EFFECTS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; COLISTIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84922910919     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2014.10.001     Document Type: Letter

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