Clinical experience with tigecycline in the treatment of hospital-acquired pneumonia caused by multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

• Main Authors: Yangang Zhou (Author), Xumin Chen (Author), Ping Xu (Author), Yan Zhu (Author), Kuangguo Wang (Author), Daxiong Xiang (Author), Feng Wang (Author), Hoan Linh Banh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Tigecycline, with broad in vitro antibacterial activity, has been widely used off-label for nosocomial pneumonia caused by multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MDRAB). However, many concerns have been raised about the efficacy of tigecycline treatment as the inconsistent...