Fosfomycin for Treatment of Prostatitis: New Tricks for Old Dogs.

نویسندگان

  • M Lindsay Grayson
  • Nenad Macesic
  • Janine Trevillyan
  • Andrew G Ellis
  • Phillip T Zeglinski
  • Nicholas H Hewitt
  • Bradley J Gardiner
  • Albert G Frauman
چکیده

Treatment options for prostatitis caused by multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacilli are limited. We report two cases cured with oral fosfomycin and provide a pharmacokinetic analysis of fosfomycin predose concentrations during treatment.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

دوره 61 7  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015