Combination therapy for treatment of infections with gram-negative bacteria

PD Tamma, SE Cosgrove… - Clinical microbiology …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Combination antibiotic therapy for invasive infections with Gram-negative bacteria is
employed in many health care facilities, especially for certain subgroups of patients …

Evaluation of colistin as an agent against multi-resistant Gram-negative bacteria

J Li, RL Nation, RW Milne, JD Turnidge… - International journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
Infections caused by multi-resistant Gram-negative bacteria, particularly Pseudomonas
aeruginosa, are increasing worldwide. In patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), resistance in P …

Gut to lung translocation and antibiotic mediated selection shape the dynamics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in an ICU patient

RM Wheatley, JD Caballero, TE van der Schalk… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Bacteria have the potential to translocate between sites in the human body, but the
dynamics and consequences of within-host bacterial migration remain poorly understood …

Efflux pump activity potentiates the evolution of antibiotic resistance across S. aureus isolates

A Papkou, J Hedge, N Kapel, B Young… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The rise of antibiotic resistance in many bacterial pathogens has been driven by the spread
of a few successful strains, suggesting that some bacteria are genetically pre-disposed to …

[HTML][HTML] Intravenous fosfomycin—back to the future. Systematic review and meta-analysis of the clinical literature

B Grabein, W Graninger, JR Baño, A Dinh… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objectives We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to summarize the clinical
evidence and usage patterns of intravenous fosfomycin from its development to the present …

Severe sepsis and septic shock: review of the literature and emergency department management guidelines

HB Nguyen, EP Rivers, FM Abrahamian… - Annals of emergency …, 2006 - Elsevier
Severe sepsis and septic shock are as common and lethal as other acute life-threatening
conditions that emergency physicians routinely confront such as acute myocardial infarction …

The Epidemiological Profile of Infections with Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter Species

DL Paterson - Clinical infectious diseases, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Acinetobacter species that are resistant to all, or
almost all, commercially available antibiotics are now prevalent worldwide. Typically, these …

Does combination antimicrobial therapy reduce mortality in Gram-negative bacteraemia? A meta-analysis

N Safdar, J Handelsman, DG Maki - The Lancet infectious diseases, 2004 - thelancet.com
The use of combination antimicrobial therapy for bacteraemia caused by Gram-negative
bacilli is controversial. We did a meta-analysis of published studies to determine whether a …

Pharmacodynamic evaluation of factors associated with the development of bacterial resistance in acutely ill patients during therapy

JK Thomas, A Forrest, SM Bhavnani… - Antimicrobial agents …, 1998 - Am Soc Microbiol
The selection of bacterial resistance was examined in relationship to antibiotic
pharmacokinetics (PK) and organism MICs in the patients from four nosocomial lower …

Association between the consumption of antimicrobial agents in animal husbandry and the occurrence of resistant bacteria among food animals

FM Aarestrup - International journal of antimicrobial agents, 1999 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial agents are used in food animals for therapy and prophylaxis of bacterial
infections and in feed to promote growth. The use of antimicrobial agents for food animals …