What's behind the failure of emerging antibiotics in the critically ill? Understanding the impact of altered pharmacokinetics and augmented renal clearance

Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2012 Jun;39(6):455-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2012.02.010. Epub 2012 Apr 6.
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Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / blood
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacokinetics*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Carbapenems / administration & dosage
  • Carbapenems / blood
  • Carbapenems / pharmacokinetics*
  • Carbapenems / therapeutic use
  • Cephalosporins / administration & dosage
  • Cephalosporins / blood
  • Cephalosporins / pharmacokinetics
  • Cephalosporins / therapeutic use
  • Critical Illness / therapy*
  • Cross Infection / drug therapy
  • Cross Infection / microbiology
  • Doripenem
  • Humans
  • Kidney / physiology*
  • Metabolic Clearance Rate
  • Pneumonia / drug therapy
  • Pneumonia / microbiology
  • Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / drug therapy
  • Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / mortality
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Carbapenems
  • Cephalosporins
  • ceftobiprole
  • Doripenem