Appraising Contemporary Strategies to Combat Multidrug Resistant Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections–Proceedings and Data From the Gram-Negative Resistance Summit

Universal Surveillance for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 3 Affiliated Hospitals

(2013) Ari Robicsek   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Empiric Combination Antibiotic Therapy Is Associated with Improved Outcome against Sepsis Due to Gram-Negative Bacteria: a Retrospective Analysis

(2010) S. T. Micek et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

How Soon Is Now? The Urgent Need for Randomized, Controlled Trials Evaluating Treatment of Multidrug‐Resistant Bacterial Infection

(2010) David L. Paterson et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Ventilator‐Associated Pneumonia: The Clinical Pulmonary Infection Score as a Surrogate for Diagnostics and Outcome

(2010) Marya D. Zilberberg et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The Changing Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile Infections

(2010) J. Freeman et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Procalcitonin-guided algorithms of antibiotic therapy in the intensive care unit: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

(2010) Petros Kopterides et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Recognition and prevention of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria in the intensive care unit

(2010) Lisa L. Maragakis   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

A survival benefit of combination antibiotic therapy for serious infections associated with sepsis and septic shock is contingent only on the risk of death: A meta-analytic/meta-regression study

(2010) Anand Kumar et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Early combination antibiotic therapy yields improved survival compared with monotherapy in septic shock: A propensity-matched analysis*

(2010) Anand Kumar et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Optimizing Empirical Antimicrobial Therapy for Infection due to Gram-Negative Pathogens in the Intensive Care Unit: Utility of a Combination Antibiogram

(2010) Jennifer Christoff et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Successful Control of an Outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase—Producing K. pneumoniae at a Long-Term Acute Care Hospital

(2010) L. Silvia Munoz-Price et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Use of procalcitonin to reduce patients' exposure to antibiotics in intensive care units (PRORATA trial): a multicentre randomised controlled trial

(2010) Lila Bouadma et al.   LANCET

Emergence of a new antibiotic resistance mechanism in India, Pakistan, and the UK: a molecular, biological, and epidemiological study

(2010) Karthikeyan K Kumarasamy et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Long-term control of hospital-wide, endemic multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii through a comprehensive “bundle” approach

(2009) Jesús Rodríguez-Baño et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Intensive Care Unit

(2009) Kevin L. Lawrence et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Effectiveness of Treatments for Severe Sepsis

(2009) Ricard Ferrer et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

 -Lactam and Fluoroquinolone Combination Antibiotic Therapy for Bacteremia Caused by Gram-Negative Bacilli

(2009) M. N. Al-Hasan et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Population Pharmacokinetics of High-Dose, Prolonged-Infusion Cefepime in Adult Critically Ill Patients with Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

(2009) A. M. Nicasio et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Accuracy of American Thoracic Society/Infectious Diseases Society of America criteria in predicting infection or colonization with multidrug-resistant bacteria at intensive-care unit admission

(2009) S. Nseir et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Empiric antibiotic therapy for suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials

(2009) Mary-Anne W. Aarts et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Randomized trial of combination versus monotherapy for the empiric treatment of suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia*

(2009) Daren K. Heyland et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Efficacy and safety of intravenous infusion of doripenem versus imipenem in ventilator-associated pneumonia: A multicenter, randomized study*

(2009) Jean Chastre et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2008

(2009) R Phillip Dellinger et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

A systematic review on clinical benefits of continuous administration of β-lactam antibiotics*

(2009) Jason A. Roberts et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Outcomes of extended infusion piperacillin/tazobactam for documented Gram-negative infections

(2009) Gita Wasan Patel et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Pharmacokinetic–pharmacodynamic modeling to support doripenem dose regimen optimization for critically ill patients

(2009) Scott A. Van Wart et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Procalcitonin for reduced antibiotic exposure in ventilator-associated pneumonia: a randomised study

(2009) D. Stolz et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Success of an Infection Control Program to Reduce the Spread of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae

(2009) Sandeep Kochar et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Carbapenems and subsequent multiresistant bloodstream infection: does treatment duration matter?

(2009) Annabelle D. Donaldson et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Clinical cure of ventilator-associated pneumonia treated with piperacillin/tazobactam administered by continuous or intermittent infusion

(2009) Leonardo Lorente et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

First-dose and steady-state population pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of piperacillin by continuous or intermittent dosing in critically ill patients with sepsis

(2009) Jason A. Roberts et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

International Study of the Prevalence and Outcomes of Infection in Intensive Care Units

(2009) Jean-Louis Vincent   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Pharmacodynamic-based clinical pathway for empiric antibiotic choice in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia

(2009) Anthony M. Nicasio et al.   JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE

Antibiotic-Resistant Bugs in the 21st Century — A Clinical Super-Challenge

(2009) Cesar A. Arias et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Efficacy of Monotherapy in the Treatment of Pseudomonas Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Patients With Trauma

(2009) Louis J. Magnotti et al.   JOURNAL OF TRAUMA-INJURY INFECTION AND CRITICAL CARE

Investigation of a nosocomial outbreak by alginate-producing pan–antibiotic-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2008) Yusuf Yakupogullari et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Trends in Antibacterial Use in US Academic Health Centers

(2008) Amy L. Pakyz et al.   ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Broad‐Spectrum Antimicrobials and the Treatment of Serious Bacterial Infections: Getting It Right Up Front

(2008) Marin H. Kollef   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Outcomes of Bacteremia due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa with Reduced Susceptibility to Piperacillin-Tazobactam: Implications on the Appropriateness of the Resistance Breakpoint

(2008) V. H. Tam et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Health Care–Associated Pneumonia (HCAP): A Critical Appraisal to Improve Identification, Management, and Outcomes—Proceedings of the HCAP Summit

(2008) Marin H. Kollef et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

A Multifaceted Intervention to Reduce Pandrug‐ResistantAcinetobacter baumanniiColonization and Infection in 3 Intensive Care Units in a Thai Tertiary Care Center: A 3‐Year Study

(2008) Anucha Apisarnthanarak et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Health Care–Associated Infection (HAI): A Critical Appraisal of the Emerging Threat—Proceedings of the HAI Summit

(2008) Marin H. Kollef et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Bad Bugs, No Drugs: No ESKAPE! An Update from the Infectious Diseases Society of America

(2008) Helen W. Boucher et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Preventing strategy of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumanii susceptible only to colistin in cardiac surgical intensive care units

(2008) Aikaterini Mastoraki et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY

Evaluation of area under the inhibitory curve (AUIC) and time above the minimum inhibitory concentration (T>MIC) as predictors of outcome for cefepime and ceftazidime in serious bacterial infections

(2008) Peggy S. McKinnon et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Universal Screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus at Hospital Admission and Nosocomial Infection in Surgical Patients

(2008) Stephan Harbarth   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION