Antimicrobial pharmacodynamics: critical interactions of'bug and drug'

GL Drusano - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2004 - nature.com
… pneumoniae as well as not changing the breakpoint for penicillin G for this pathogen 23,24 .
… comparisons of different dosing regimens of penicillin G against penicillin-susceptible and -…

Individualised antibiotic dosing for patients who are critically ill: challenges and potential solutions

…, MN Neely, JJ Schentag, G Drusano… - The Lancet infectious …, 2014 - thelancet.com
Infections in critically ill patients are associated with persistently poor clinical outcomes. These
patients have severely altered and variable antibiotic pharmacokinetics and are infected …

Standardization of pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) terminology for anti-infective drugs: an update

…, O Cars, H Derendorf, GL Drusano - Journal of …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Interest in the relationships between the pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD)
of antimicrobial agents has increased over recent years. Since the appearance 2 years …

Pharmacokinetics-pharmacodynamics of antimicrobial therapy: it's not just for mice anymore

…, T Gumbo, A Forrest, GL Drusano - Clinical Infectious …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Since the advent of the modern era of antimicrobial chemotherapy in the 1930s, animal
infection models have allowed for the in vivo evaluation of antimicrobial agents for the treatment …

Larger vancomycin doses (at least four grams per day) are associated with an increased incidence of nephrotoxicity

…, B Lomaestro, J Graves, GL Drusano - Antimicrobial agents …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
… vancomycin (26 patients taking ≥4 g/day and 220 patients taking <4 g/day) and 45 patients
… between patients receiving ≥4 g vancomycin/day, those receiving <4 g vancomycin/day, …

Piperacillin-Tazobactam for Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection: Clinical Implications of an Extended-Infusion Dosing Strategy

…, B Lomaestro, GL Drusano - Clinical Infectious …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
… piperacillin-tazobactam (3.375 g intravenously for 30 min every 4 or 6 h); after this time, all
patients received extended infusions of piperacillin-tazobactam (3.375 g intravenously for 4 h …

Pharmacodynamics of levofloxacin: a new paradigm for early clinical trials

SL Preston, GL Drusano, AL Berman, CL Fowler… - Jama, 1998 - jamanetwork.com
Context.—One purpose of early clinical trials is to establish the appropriate dose of an antibiotic
for phase 3 trials. Development of a relationship between the ratio of drug exposure to …

Relationship between initial vancomycin concentration-time profile and nephrotoxicity among hospitalized patients

…, KA Rodvold, GL Drusano - Clinical infectious …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
… We recently reported that the vancomycin regimens (ie, ⩾4 g of vancomycin per day) that
were used to achieve this higher trough value are associated with an elevated risk of …

Prevention of resistance: a goal for dose selection for antimicrobial agents

GL Drusano - Clinical infectious diseases, 2003 - academic.oup.com
g) and for all infusion times after an expectation is taken over the full P. aeruginosa MIC … It
is important that one can safely administer a dosage of 2 g iv q8h of meropenem. It is obvious …

Prospective evaluation of the effect of an aminoglycoside dosing regimen on rates of observed nephrotoxicity and ototoxicity

…, MJ Ruffing, SA Lerner, GL Drusano - Antimicrobial agents …, 1999 - Am Soc Microbiol
The nephrotoxicity and ototoxicity associated with once-daily versus twice-daily
administration of aminoglycosides was assessed in patients with suspected or proven gram-negative …