Characteristics of an ideal nebulized antibiotic for the treatment of pneumonia in the intubated patient

Annals of Intensive Care

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Bassetti, Matteo ^a   Luyt, Charles Edouard ^b,c   Nicolau, David P ^d   Pugin, Jérôme ^e  

^a S Maria Hospital   (Italy)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clinical cure; Gram negative bacteria; Hospital acquired pneumonia; Inhaled antibiotics; Multidrug resistance; Nebulizers; Systemic antibiotics; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AEROSOL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPREHENSION; DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG FORMULATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; MEDICAL NEBULIZER; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEBULIZATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; PERCEPTION; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC THERAPY;

EID: 84964267950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21105820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13613-016-0140-x     Document Type: Review

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