Cefiderocol for Extensively Drug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections: Real-world Experience From a Case Series and Review of the Literature.

ABSTRACT: Cefiderocol is a new siderophore cephalosporin with activity against carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacteria. Data on its clinical efficacy are limited to complicated urinary tract infections. We present a series of 3 patients successfully treated with cefiderocol for complicated health care-associated infections and review published case reports.

SUBMITTER: Zingg S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7284008 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature