Rescuing the last-line polymyxins: achievements and challenges

SC Nang, MAK Azad, T Velkov, QT Zhou, J Li… - Pharmacological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance is a major global health challenge and, worryingly, several key Gram
negative pathogens can become resistant to most currently available antibiotics. Polymyxins …

Mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance in Gram-negative bacilli

É Ruppé, PL Woerther, F Barbier - Annals of intensive care, 2015 - Springer
The burden of multidrug resistance in Gram-negative bacilli (GNB) now represents a daily
issue for the management of antimicrobial therapy in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. In …

[HTML][HTML] ESCMID-EUCIC clinical guidelines on decolonization of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria carriers

E Tacconelli, F Mazzaferri, AM de Smet… - Clinical microbiology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Scope The aim of these guidelines is to provide recommendations for decolonizing
regimens targeting multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria (MDR-GNB) carriers in all …

Multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae: challenges for treatment, prevention and infection control

M Bassetti, E Righi, A Carnelutti… - Expert review of anti …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Management of antimicrobial resistance in multi-drug-resistant-Klebsiella
pneumoniae (MDR-KP) is a major challenge for clinicians. The optimal treatment option for …

Bloodstream infections in neutropenic cancer patients: a practical update

G Gustinetti, M Mikulska - Virulence, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
abstract Bloodstream infections (BSI) are among the most frequent complications in
neutropenic cancer patients and, if caused by Gram-negative rods, are associated with high …

Carbapenem‐resistant Enterobacteriaceae: biology, epidemiology, and management

E Temkin, A Adler, A Lerner… - Annals of the New York …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Introduced in the 1980s, carbapenem antibiotics have served as the last line of defense
against multidrug‐resistant Gram‐negative organisms. Over the last decade, carbapenem …

[HTML][HTML] Management of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infections

M Bassetti, DR Giacobbe, H Giamarellou… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing K. pneumoniae (KPC-
KP) has become one of the most important contemporary pathogens, especially in endemic …

Intestinal colonization with multidrug-resistant Enterobacterales: screening, epidemiology, clinical impact, and strategies to decolonize carriers

EI Campos-Madueno, M Moradi, Y Eddoubaji… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
The clinical impact of infections due to extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-and/or
carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (Ent) has reached dramatic levels worldwide …

Natural history and decolonization strategies for ESBL/carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae carriage: systematic review and meta-analysis

H Bar-Yoseph, K Hussein, E Braun… - Journal of Antimicrobial …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae and carbapenem-resistant
Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) are rapidly spreading worldwide. Their natural reservoir is …

Clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of colistin

N Grégoire, V Aranzana-Climent, S Magréault… - Clinical …, 2017 - Springer
In this review, we provide an updated summary on colistin pharmacokinetics and
pharmacodynamics. Colistin is an old molecule that is frequently used as last-line treatment …