The intensive care medicine research agenda on multidrug-resistant bacteria, antibiotics, and stewardship

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1187-1197

  Kollef, Marin H ^a   Bassetti, Matteo ^b   Francois, Bruno ^c   Burnham, Jason ^a   Dimopoulos, George ^d   Garnacho Montero, Jose ^e,f   Lipman, Jeffrey ^g,h   Luyt, Charles Edouard ^i,j   Nicolau, David P ^k   Postma, Maarten J ^l   Torres, Antonio ^m   Welte, Tobias ⁿ   Wunderink, Richard G ^o  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b S Maria Hospital   (Italy)

^c DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^g ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

ⁱ ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^j SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^k HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

ⁿ HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^o NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bacteria; Multidrug resistance; Stewardship

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC STEWARDSHIP; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); STANDARD OF CARE;

EID: 85011710081     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-017-4682-7     Document Type: Review

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