A guide to therapeutic drug monitoring of βlactam antibiotics

AJ Fratoni, DP Nicolau, JL Kuti - … and Drug Therapy, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… of higher doses of β-lactams than FDA approved to reach clinically therapeutic exposures.
Select case reports utilizing TDM of β-lactams in complex patients are summarized in Table 2. …

β lactam monotherapy versus β lactam-aminoglycoside combination therapy for fever with neutropenia: systematic review and meta-analysis

M Paul, K Soares-Weiser, L Leibovici - Bmj, 2003 - bmj.com
… We included all randomised trials that compared treatment with any β lactam alone with
any combination of a β lactam and an aminoglycoside, for the empirical treatment of patients …

[HTML][HTML] The beta lactam antibiotics as an empirical therapy in a developing country: an update on their current status and recommendations to counter the resistance …

B Thakuria, K Lahon - Journal of clinical and diagnostic research …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… Thus, an empirical therapy for treating infections is imperative in such a setting. The beta
lactam antibiotics have been widely used for the empirical treatment of infections since the the …

Evaluation of studies on extended versus standard infusion of beta-lactam antibiotics

M Chen, V Buurma, M Shah… - American Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
… that factors such as diverse patient populations and study methodology, along with various
antibiotic dose regimens, may have contributed to conflicting data on EI beta-lactam therapy. …

Moxifloxacin monotherapy versus β-lactam-based standard therapy for community-acquired pneumonia: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

MM An, Z Zou, H Shen, PH Gao, YB Cao… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
… moxifloxacin and β-lactam-based standard therapy. This meta… and safely as β-lactam-based
standard therapy for CAP but … be a useful alternative for β-lactam-based standard therapy. …

[HTML][HTML] Setting the beta-lactam therapeutic range for critically ill patients: is there a floor or even a ceiling?

EF Barreto, AJ Webb, GM Pais, AD Rule… - Critical care …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
… Another reason to set a “floor” for the beta-lactam therapeutic range is to identify the lower …
observed with standard therapy ( 13 , 14 ). The current approach to beta-lactam dosing in ICU …

Effect of aminoglycoside and β-lactam combination therapy versus β-lactam monotherapy on the emergence of antimicrobial resistance: a meta-analysis of …

IA Bliziotis, G Samonis, KZ Vardakas… - Clinical infectious …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
… /β-lactam combination therapy with β-lactam monotherapy … β-Lactam monotherapy
was not associated with a greater emergence of resistance than was the aminoglycoside/β-lactam

[HTML][HTML] Recommended β-lactam regimens are inadequate in septic patients treated with continuous renal replacement therapy

L Seyler, F Cotton, FS Taccone, D De Backer… - Critical Care, 2011 - Springer
… Some clinical data suggest that maximal killing of bacteria by β-lactams occurs when serum
… To achieve optimal bactericidal activity, the adequacy of β-lactam therapy in our study was …

Combination of Vancomycin and β-Lactam Therapy for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia: A Pilot Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

JS Davis, A Sud, MVN O'Sullivan… - Clinical Infectious …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
… Hence, we believe it is important that β-lactam based combination therapy is not adopted
as standard clinical practice for MRSA bacteremia until and unless stronger evidence of safety …

Prolonging β-lactam infusion: a review of the rationale and evidence, and guidance for implementation

SH MacVane, JL Kuti, DP Nicolau - International journal of antimicrobial …, 2014 - Elsevier
… of β-lactam antibiotics may have advantages over standard … use of prolonged-infusion
β-lactams in the treatment of many … prolonging the infusion of β-lactam antibiotics and provides …