Combined therapy for multi-drug-resistant acinetobacter baumannii infection – is there evidence outside the laboratory?

dc.contributor.authorTuon F.F.
dc.contributor.authorRocha J.L.
dc.contributor.authorMerlini A.B.
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-13T00:56:33Z
dc.date.available2024-03-13T00:56:33Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstract© 2015 SGM.Acinetobacter are among the most common bacteria isolated in hospital infections, especially in developing countries. Multi-drug, extended-drug or pan-drug resistance makes treatment a real medical challenge. In the present review, the authors describe clinical and experimental data in order to present different current and potential future strategies to treat infections caused by multi-drug-resistant Acinetobacter. The therapeutic options for carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter are scarce, and the current options have poor pharmacokinetic aspects and several side effects. Combined therapy has been an alternative for multi-drug-resistant Acinetobacter. However, this issue is always controversial. In some studies combined therapy has shown superiority for some strains of Acinetobacter in animal models and in vitro studies. However, studies with humans are scarce and too poor quality to suggest the best approach for the treatment of infections caused by multi-drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii.
dc.description.firstpage951
dc.description.issuenumber9
dc.description.lastpage959
dc.description.volume64
dc.identifier.doi10.1099/jmm.0.000144
dc.identifier.issn0022-2615
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.mackenzie.br/handle/10899/36161
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Medical Microbiology
dc.rightsAcesso Aberto
dc.titleCombined therapy for multi-drug-resistant acinetobacter baumannii infection – is there evidence outside the laboratory?
dc.typeArtigo
local.scopus.citations32
local.scopus.eid2-s2.0-84941564519
local.scopus.subjectAcinetobacter baumannii
local.scopus.subjectAcinetobacter Infections
local.scopus.subjectAnti-Bacterial Agents
local.scopus.subjectDrug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
local.scopus.subjectHumans
local.scopus.updated2024-05-01
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