Open AccessIncreasing frequency of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections during tigecycline use
Author(s) -
Ayşegül Ulu-Kılıç,
Emine Alp,
Dilek Altun,
Fatma Cevahir,
Gamze Kalın,
Hayati Demiraslan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.4700
Subject(s) - tigecycline , medicine , pseudomonas aeruginosa , antibiotics , observational study , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , genetics , biology
The widespread use of tigecycline raises the question of increasing infection rates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) in ICUs which are not affected by this antibiotic.
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