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Drugs of Last Resort? The Use of Polymyxins and Tigecycline at US Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, 2005–2010
Multidrug-resistant (MDR) and carbapenem-resistant (CR) Gram-negative pathogens are becoming increasingly prevalent around the globe. Polymyxins and tigecycline are among the few antibiotics available to treat infections with these bacteria but little is known about the frequency of their use. We th...
Autores principales: | Huttner, Benedikt, Jones, Makoto, Rubin, Michael A., Neuhauser, Melinda M., Gundlapalli, Adi, Samore, Matthew |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3353942/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22615789 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036649 |
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