DOI: 10.1055/s-00000075

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Issue 01 · Volume 36 · February 2015 DOI: 10.1055/s-005-28431 Antimicrobial Resistance: Management of Superbugs Guest Editor, David L. Paterson, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FRCPA

Preface

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Paterson, David L.: The Challenge of Treating Superbugs

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Davis, J. S.; van Hal, S.; Tong, S. Y. C.: Combination Antibiotic Treatment of Serious Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections
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Holmes, Natasha E.; Tong, Steven Y. C.; Davis, Joshua S.; van Hal, Sebastiaan J.: Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Vancomycin and Beyond
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Korman, Tony M.: Diagnosis and Management of Clostridium difficile Infection
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McCarthy, Kate: Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Evolution of Antimicrobial Resistance and Implications for Therapy
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Harris, Patrick N. A.: Clinical Management of Infections Caused by Enterobacteriaceae that Express Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase and AmpC Enzymes
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Doi, Yohei; Paterson, David L.: Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae
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Doi, Yohei; Murray, Gerald L.; Peleg, Anton Y.: Acinetobacter baumannii: Evolution of Antimicrobial Resistance—Treatment Options
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Abbott, Iain J.; Peleg, Anton Y.: Stenotrophomonas, Achromobacter, and Nonmelioid Burkholderia Species: Antimicrobial Resistance and Therapeutic Strategies
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Currie, Bart J.: Melioidosis: Evolving Concepts in Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and Treatment
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Landersdorfer, Cornelia B.; Nation, Roger L.: Colistin: How should It Be Dosed for the Critically Ill?
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Abdul-Aziz, Mohd H.; Lipman, Jeffrey; Mouton, Johan W.; Hope, William W.; Roberts, Jason A.: Applying Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Principles in Critically Ill Patients: Optimizing Efficacy and Reducing Resistance Development
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Vazquez-Grande, Gloria; Kumar, Anand: Optimizing Antimicrobial Therapy of Sepsis and Septic Shock: Focus on Antibiotic Combination Therapy