Treatment of serious bacterial infections with antimicrobial agents, such as antibiotics, is a major clinical challenge, because of growing bacterial resistance to multiple agents. Combination therapy (i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Cefiderocol is a novel antibiotic used to treat multidrug-resistant bacterial infections. However, there is limited data on its effectiveness for ventriculitis. The objective of this study was to evaluate cefiderocol concentrations in both serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) during the treatment of ventriculitis.
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Objective: Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) is a global concern as effective treatments are very limited. We previously used a modified susceptibility testing approach to predict growth suppression in carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales, but there are uncertainties about the generalizability of the model. The objective of this study is to verify if a similar approach can be extended to CRAB.
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