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Expert Reviews in 2007
This section contains our archive of expert reviews from 2007. You can read the latest reviews on our .
Review by Marin Kollef
A randomized trial of diagnostic techniques for ventilator-associated pneumonia.
The Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. N Engl J Med 2006;355:2619–2630.
Review by John McGowan
Use of vancomycin or first-generation cephalosporins for the treatment of hemodialysis-dependent patients with methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.
Stryjewski ME, et al. Clin Infect Dis 2007;44:190–196.
Review by Robert G Masterton
Infectious Diseases Society of America and the
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America guidelines
for developing an institutional program to enhance
antimicrobial stewardship.
Dellit TH, Owens RC, McGowan JE, et al. Clin Infect Dis 2007;44:159–177.
Review by Marin Kollef
Impact of empiric antibiotic therapy on outcomes in patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia
Osih RB, McGregor JC, Rich SE, et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2007;51:839–844.
Review by Renato S. Grinbaum
Duration of hypotension before initiation of effective antimicrobial therapy is the critical determinant of survival in human septic shock.
Kumar A, Roberts D, Wood KE, et al. Crit Care Med 2006;34:1589–1596.
Review by Renato S. Grinbaum
Predictors of Mortality in Patients with Bloodstream Infections Caused by Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae: Importance of Inadequate Initial Antimicrobial Treatment.
Tumbarello M, Sanguinetti M, Montuori E, et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2007;51:1987–1994.
Review by Jordi Rello
A Randomized and Prospective Study of 3 Procedures for the Diagnosis of Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection Without Catheter Withdrawal.
Bouza E, Alvarado N, Alcalá N, et al. Clin Infect Dis 2007;44:820–828.
Review by Marin Kollef
A systematic review of the methods used to assess the association between appropriate antibiotic therapy and mortality in bacteremic patients.
McGregor JC, Rich SE, Harris AD, et al. Clin Infect Dis 2007; 45: 329–337.
Review by Philip S Barie
Evidence-based medicine, protocol-guided care, and cost-effective outcomes of sepsis.
Shorr A, Micek ST, Jackson WL Jr, et al. Crit Care Med 2007;35:1257–1262.
Review by John McGowan
Hospital-acquired pneumonia guidelines in Europe: A review of their status and future development.
Masterton R, Craven D, Rello J, et al. J Antimicrob Chemother 2007;60:206–213.
Review by John McGowan
National guidelines for the control and prevention of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus – what do they tell us?
Humphreys H. Clin Microbiol Infect 2007;13:846–853.
Review by Norbert Suttorp
Impact of antibiotic resistance and of adequate empirical antibiotic treatment in the prognosis of patients with Escherichia coli bacteraemia
Masterton R, Craven D, Rello J, et al. J Antimicrob Chemother 2007;60:206–213.
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