International Business Times UK Last year, researchers from India reported cases of bacteria resistant to colistin -- the last resort drug available following resistance to the powerful carbapenems class of drugs. Pharmaceutical companies do not often invest in antibiotics ... 更多 »
Medscape In the age of increasingly resistant organisms and the need for broad-spectrum empiric coverage, prescribers often turn to the class of carbapenem antibiotics (eg, imipenem/cilastatin, ertapenem, meropenem). The spectrum of carbapenem antibiotics ... 更多 »
Healio Treatment with piperacillin-tazobactam appears inferior to carbapenems for treatment of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase bacteria in the blood, according to data published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.