Overview of meropenem-vaborbactam and newer antimicrobial agents for the treatment of carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae

Infection and Drug Resistance

Volumn 11, Issue , 2018, Pages 1461-1472

  Petty, Lindsay A ^a   Henig, Oryan ^a   Patel, Twisha S ^b   Pogue, Jason M ^c   Kaye, Keith S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

^c SINAI GRACE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbapenemase; CRE; KPC; Meropenem; UTI; Vaborbactam

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFIDEROCOL; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM PLUS VABORBACTAM; NEW DRUG; PLAZOMICIN; RELEBACTAM;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CARBAPENEM-RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ELIMINATION HALF-LIFE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MAXIMUM CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHARMACODYNAMICS; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; STEADY STATE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 85057733919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11786973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IDR.S150447     Document Type: Review

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