Guideline: Appropriate use of tigecycline

Guideline: appropriate use of tigecycline.

INTRODUCTION Tigecycline, the first of a new class of antibiotics, the glycylcyclines, was licensed in South Africa for the parenteral treatment of adult patients with complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAIs) and complicated skin and soft-tissue infections (cSSTIs). METHODS A multidisciplinary meeting representative of the Association of Surgeons of South Africa, the Critical Care Socie...

Guideline summary: appropriate use of tigecycline.

Tigecycline, the first of a new class of broad-spectrum antibiotics (the glycylcyclines), has been licensed in South Africa for the parenteral treatment of adult patients with complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAIs) and complicated skin and soft-tissue infections (cSSTIs). This article serves as a summary of the guideline on the appropriate use of tigecycline, published in mid-2010 as a...

the use of appropriate madm model for ranking the vendors of mci equipments using fuzzy approach

abstract nowadays, the science of decision making has been paid to more attention due to the complexity of the problems of suppliers selection. as known, one of the efficient tools in economic and human resources development is the extension of communication networks in developing countries. so, the proper selection of suppliers of tc equipments is of concern very much. in this study, a ...

Guideline on appropriate use of antibiotic therapy for pediatric dental patients.

Tigecycline in the treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia: experience from the Latin American Tigecycline Use Registry.

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical success rate of the patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) treated with tigecycline. METHODS Data from patients with established criteria of VAP were collected using a web-based reporting system from 16 February, 2006 to June 23, 2009. One hundred and seventeen patients coming from 10 ICUs from Argentina were studied. ...