Treatment options for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae infections

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Morrill, Haley J ^a,b   Pogue, Jason M ^c   Kaye, Keith S ^d   LaPlante, Kerry L ^a,b,e  

^a PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae; Carbapenemases; Carbapenems; Resistant infections; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AVIBACTAM PLUS CEFTAZIDIME; BETA LACTAMASE; COLISTIN; DORIPENEM; ERAVACYCLINE; ERTAPENEM; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; PLAZOMICIN; POLYMYXIN; TIGECYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CARBAPENEM RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; CONSTIPATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING;

EID: 84978328513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofv050     Document Type: Article

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