Cefepime effectiveness in Gram-negative bloodstream infections
Author(s) -
Majdi N. AlHasan,
Jeanette E. EckelPassow,
Larry M. Baddour
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkr061
Subject(s) - cefepime , medicine , hazard ratio , interquartile range , bacteremia , proportional hazards model , retrospective cohort study , antibiotics , confidence interval , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotic resistance , imipenem , biology
We used a retrospective cohort to evaluate the 28 day all-cause mortality in adult patients with Gram-negative bloodstream infection (BSI) who received cefepime therapy compared with those who received other β-lactam antibiotics with in vitro activity against aerobic Gram-negative bacilli.
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