Treatment of extensively drug-resistant Gram-negative infections in critically ill patients: Outcome of a consensus meeting at the 13th Asia-Pacific Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infection, October 2012

Tambyah, Paul Anantharajah; Hara, Gabriel Levy; Daikos, George L.; Falagas, Matthew E.; Mazzei, Teresita; Mouton, Johan W.; Novelli, Andrea; Chen, Baiyi; Wang, Minggui; Wen Chien, Ko; Taisheng, Li; Fan, Xinjian; Theuretzbacher, Ursula

doi:10.1016/j.jgar.2013.04.002

Infections caused by multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli are increasingly challenging to manage in hospitals and long term-care facilities worldwide. As the therapeutic options are limited, the International Society of Chemotherapy in collaboration with the Asia-Pacific Society of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology organised a consensus conference as part of the 13th Asia-Pacific Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infection. A panel of international experts from Europe, the Americas and Asia were convened to discuss the issues of therapeutic options for the management of these difficult-to-treat pathogens.

Treatment of extensively drug-resistant Gram-negative infections in critically ill patients: Outcome of a consensus meeting at the 13th Asia-Pacific Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infection, October 2012 / Tambyah, P.A., Hara, G.L., Daikos, G.L., Falagas, M.E., Mazzei, T., Mouton, J.W., Novelli, A., Chen, B., Wang, M., Ko, W., Li, T., Fan, X., Theuretzbacher, U.. - In: JOURNAL OF GLOBAL ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE. - ISSN 2213-7165. - ELETTRONICO. - 1:(2013), pp. 117-122. [10.1016/j.jgar.2013.04.002]