Recent news on Imipenem

Source of Soldiers' Resistant Infections Still Mysterious  -  May 16, 2007
MedPage Today,The best performance was seen with imipenem (Primaxin), to which more than 80% of isolates were susceptible. But resistance ranged from:

Researchers Identify Risk Factors for Nocardia infection After ...  -  Apr 3, 2007
DG NewsSix patients received these therapies alone and 15 in combination with imipenem. With 29 cases receiving definitive therapy after the susceptibility results

New antibiotic now available to battle MRSA and other superbugs in ...  -  Mar 7, 2007
Canada NewsWire (press release),Treatment with Tygacil also provided clinical cure rates comparable to imipenem/cilastatin, an empiric treatment for cIAI. The overall discontinuation rate

New Antibiotic Now Available to Battle MRSA and Other Superbugs in ...  -  Mar 6, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),Treatment with Tygacil also provided clinical cure rates comparable to imipenem/cilastatin, an empiric treatment for cIAI(12).

Improving Outcomes in the ICU  -  Jan 11, 2007
Medscape (subscription)With respect to pseudomonads, he reported that only 80% were sensitive to imipenem. Strikingly, sensitivities varied based on hospital geography.

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