Optimizing Empiric Antibiotic Therapy in Patients with Severe β-Lactam Allergy

• Published in: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Vol. 57; no. 12; pp. 5918 - 5923
• Main Authors: KOLISCAK, Lindsey P, JOHNSON, James W, BEARDSLEY, James R, MILLER, David P, WILLIAMSON, John C, LUTHER, Vera P, OHL, Christopher A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 01.12.2013
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents; Bacteremia; Bacteremia - drug therapy; Bacteremia - immunology; Bacteremia - microbiology; beta-Lactams - adverse effects; Biological and medical sciences; Clinical Therapeutics; Drug Hypersensitivity; Drug Hypersensitivity - drug therapy; Drug Hypersensitivity - etiology; Drug Hypersensitivity - immunology; Drug Hypersensitivity - microbiology; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; Drug Therapy, Combination; Empirical Research; Female; Fluoroquinolones - therapeutic use; Gram-Negative Bacteria - drug effects; Gram-Negative Bacteria - growth & development; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - drug therapy; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - immunology; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - microbiology; Humans; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Pneumonia, Bacterial; Pneumonia, Bacterial - drug therapy; Pneumonia, Bacterial - immunology; Pneumonia, Bacterial - microbiology; Retrospective Studies; Risk; Tetracycline - therapeutic use; Urinary Tract Infections; Urinary Tract Infections - drug therapy; Urinary Tract Infections - immunology; Urinary Tract Infections - microbiology; Human; Immunopathology; Allergy; Antibiotic; β-Lactams; Patient; Antibacterial agent
• ISSN: 0066-4804; 1098-6596
• DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01202-13

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