The Use of a Combination Antibiogram to Assist with the Selection of Appropriate Antimicrobial Therapy for Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Infections | Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology | Cambridge Core (original) (raw)

Abstract

Combination antibiograms can be used to evaluate organism cross-resistance among multiple antibiotics. As combination therapy is generally favored for the treatment of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE), combination antibiograms provide valuable information about the combination of antibiotics that achieve the highest likelihood of adequate antibiotic coverage against CPE.

Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2015;36(12):1458–1460

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Concise Communications

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© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved

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