Optimum treatment strategies for carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii bacteremia

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 769-777

  Garnacho Montero, José ^a,b   Amaya Villar, Rosario ^a,b   Ferrándiz Millón, Carmen ^a   Díaz Martín, Ana ^a,b   López Sánchez, José María ^a   Gutiérrez Pizarraya, Antonio ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; bacteremia; carbapenem resistant; colistin; polymyxin; tigecycline; treatment

Indexed keywords

BAL 30072; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; COLISTIMETHATE; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPTOMYCIN; DS 8587; ERAVACYCLINE; FOSFOMYCIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; POLYMYXIN; POLYMYXIN B; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; SITAFLOXACIN; SULBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TEICOPLANIN; TELAVANCIN; TIGECYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CARBAPENEM RESISTANT ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CARBAPENEMS; COLISTIN; DRUG SYNERGISM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOSFOMYCIN; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MINOCYCLINE; POLYMYXINS; SULBACTAM;

EID: 84929234467     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14787210.2015.1032254     Document Type: Review

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