Treatment of health-care-associated infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria: a consensus statement.

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This consensus statement presents the conclusions of a group of academic and industrial experts who met in London in September, 2006, to consider the issues associated with the treatment of hospital infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria. The group discussed the severe clinical problems arising from the emergence of antibiotic resistance in these bacteria and the lack of new antibacterial agents to challenge the threat. The discovery of new drugs active against hospital-acquired Gram-neg...

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Authors: Chopra, I; Schofield, C; Everett, M; O'Neill, A; Miller, K

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Lancet. Infectious diseases
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 133-139
• Publication date: 2008-02-01
• DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(08)70018-5
• EISSN: 1474-4457
• ISSN: 1473-3099
• Language: English
• Keywords: Humans; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Gram-Negative Bacteria; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections; Cross Infection; Drug Design