Impact of imipenem resistance on mortality in patients with Acinetobacter bacteraemia

Tae Kwon, Ki; Sup Oh, Won; Song, Jae‐Hoon; Chang, Hyun‐Ha; Jung, Sook‐In; Kim, Shin‐Woo; Yeol Ryu, Seong; Taek Heo, Sang; Sik Jung, Dong; Rhee, J.C.; Yop Shin, Sang; Soo Ko, Kwan; Ran Peck, Kyong; Yong Lee, Nam

doi:10.1093/jac/dkl499

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Impact of imipenem resistance on mortality in patients with Acinetobacter bacteraemia

Published in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy • Jan 9, 2007

Authors:

Ki Tae Kwon

Won Sup Oh

Jae‐Hoon Song

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the impact of imipenem resistance on the mortality rate among patients with Acinetobacter bacteraemia. METHODS: A retrospective, pairwise-matched (1:1), risk-adjusted (age, Pitt bacteraemia score) cohort study was performed at three tertiary care hospitals in Korea from Ja...

Subject

Imipenem

Medicine

Internal medicine

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