Clinical and Microbiological Outcomes of Serious Infections with Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Organisms Treated with Tigecycline

Autor: Kara B. Anthony, Paul H. Edelstein, Neil O. Fishman, Ebbing Lautenbach, Leanne B. Gasink, Darren R. Linkin
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Clinical Infectious Diseases. 46:567-570
ISSN: 1537-6591
1058-4838
DOI: 10.1086/526775
Popis: Eighteen patients received tigecycline as treatment for infection due to multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacilli, including Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase- and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae. Pretherapy minimum inhibitory concentration values for tigecycline predicted clinical success. Observed evolution of resistance during therapy raises concern about routine use of tigecycline in treatment of such infections when other therapies are available.
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