Guideline summary : appropriate use of tigecycline

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Brink, Adrian J.
Bizos, D.
Boffard, Kenneth D.
Feldman, Charles
Grolman, D.C.
Pretorius, J.
Richards, Guy A.
Steyn, E.

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Health and Medical Publishing Group

Abstract

Tigecycline, the first of a new class of broad-spectrum antibiotics (the glycylcyclines), has been licensed in South Africa for the parenteral treatment of adult patients with complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAIs) and complicated skin and soft-tissue infections (cSSTIs).

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Tigecycline, Directed combination therapy, Directed monotherapy, Empiric monotherapy

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Brink, AJ, Bizos, D, Boffard, KD, Feldman, C, Grolman, DC, Pretorius, J, Richards, GA & Steyn, E 2012, 'Guideline summary : appropriate use of tigecycline', South African Journal of Surgery, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 20-21.