Pseudomonas aeruginosa treatment and transmission reduction

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2013 Aug;11(8):831-7. doi: 10.1586/14787210.2013.816463.

Abstract

Infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa can be difficult to treat and require a coordinated approach for their management. This involves quickly controlling the source of infection, establishing a correct etiologic diagnosis and administering appropriate empiric antimicrobial therapy. Once antimicrobial therapy has been initiated and susceptibilities are available, therapy should be tailored with optimized antibiotic doses for an appropriate duration in order to sufficiently treat the infection and minimize resistance emergence.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents / administration & dosage
  • Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Humans
  • Pseudomonas Infections / diagnosis
  • Pseudomonas Infections / drug therapy*
  • Pseudomonas Infections / prevention & control
  • Pseudomonas Infections / transmission
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / drug effects
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / isolation & purification
  • Risk Assessment
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents