Antimicrobials for the treatment of drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia in critically ill patients: A systemic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis

Critical Care

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Jung, Su Young ^a   Lee, Seung Hee ^a   Lee, Soo Young ^a,b   Yang, Seungwon ^c   Noh, Hayeon ^c   Chung, Eun Kyoung ^b   Lee, Jangik I ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Antimicrobials; Critically ill patients; Drug resistant; Network meta analysis; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COLISTIN; FOSFOMYCIN; SULBACTAM; TIGECYCLINE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESISTANT ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII PNEUMONIA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUG EFFECT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PATHOGENICITY; PROCEDURES;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BAYES THEOREM; COLISTIN; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 85038639910     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13054-017-1916-6     Document Type: Article

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