aeruginosa infection can often receive adequate MSSA coverage with antipseudomonal agents (with the exception of ceftazidime and aztreonam). The intravenous options for MRSA are generally limited ...

In REVISIT, study participants with cIAI (n=312) were randomly assigned 2:1 to receive aztreonam-avibactam + metronidazole or meropenem ± colistin for 5 to 14 days of therapy. The primary ...

Ten months after Pfizer scored approval in Europe for Emblaveo (aztreonam and avibactam) to treat complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAIs), AbbVie has done the same in the U.S., winning an ...

A 23-year-old white woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) developed Pseudomonas aeruginosa ... doses of ceftazidime 2,000 mg every 8 h, aztreonam 1,500 mg every 8 h, and prednisone 40 ...

Bacterial insertion sequences (IS) are small DNA segments (<2.5 kb) with a simple genetic organization. Most IS elements exhibit short terminal inverted repeat sequences (IR) and encode a transposase, ...

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There are several antibiotics available for treating respiratory infections in CF. Common classes of these antibiotics include penicillins such as amoxicillin, oxacillin, and piperacillin (orally and ...