A pharmacodynamic strategy to optimize empirical antibiotic therapy for gram-negative bacteria in a Brazilian Intensive Care Unit

Pharmacodynamic analyses were proposed to determine optimal empirical antibiotic therapy against Gram-negative bacteria isolated in a Brazilian ICU. Due to high resistance rates, standard regimens of cefepime, ciprofloxacin, meropenem, and piperacillin/tazobactam were not able to attain significant...

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Main Authors: Carlos R.V. Kiffer, Joseph L. Kuti, Caio M.F. Mendes, Carmen P. Oplustil, Jorge B. Amarante, Maria L. Biancalana, Nelson Xavier, David P. Nicolau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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