Tigecycline in the management of post-neurosurgical spondylodiscitis: a review of eight cases

Sipahi, Oguz; Kahraman, HASİP; Mermer, Sinan; Pullukcu, Husnu; Tasbakan, Meltem; Arda, Bilgin; Yamazhan, Tansu; Yurtseven, Taskin; Aydemir, Sohret; Ulusoy, Sercan

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2014.01.027

Tigecycline in the management of post-neurosurgical spondylodiscitis: a review of eight cases

Sipahi O. R., Kahraman H., Mermer S., Pullukcu H., Tasbakan M., Arda B., ...Daha Fazla

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, cilt.23, ss.16-19, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 23
Basım Tarihi: 2014
Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.01.027
Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.16-19
Anahtar Kelimeler: Spondylitis, Nosocomial, Hospital-acquired, Healthcare-associated infection, Acinetobacter baumannii, Carbapenem-resistant, RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS, OSTEOMYELITIS, MODEL
Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Background: Tigecycline is a relatively new glycylcycline antimicrobial, active in vitro against a variety of Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms. In this study we evaluated the outcomes of spondylodiscitis cases treated with tigecycline-including therapies retrospectively.