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imipenem plus cilastatin
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Imipenem plus cilastatin is medication used for such diagnoses as: brain abscess.
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brain abscess
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Imipenem patient advice including side effects
Comprehensive and trusted information about Imipenem - plus advice on 24,000 other FDA approved drugs and medications from Drugs.com.
http://www.drugs.com/pdr/IMIPENEM.html
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Piperacillin-tazobactam versus imipenem-cilastatin for treatment of ...
... safety of piperacillin plus tazobactam with those of imipenem plus cilastatin, ... Prospective study comparing imipenem-cilastatin with clindamycin and gentamicin ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=245542
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Use of carbapenems in children Summary
meropenem with imipenem plus cilastatin in the treatment of severe infections. ... cefepime plus metronidazole with imipenem-cilastatin in the treatment of ...
http://www.who.int/selection_medicines/committees/subcommittee/2/Carbapenems.pdf
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Urinary Tract Infection
... drug combinations such as ampicillin plus gentamicin or imipenem plus cilastatin. ... Calorie Count Plus. UCompareHealthCare. Advertising Info. News ...
http://adam.about.com/reports/000036_7.htm
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eMedicine - Brain Abscess : Article by Itzhak Brook
Intracranial abscesses are uncommon, serious, life-threatening infections. ... Imipenem plus cilastatin (Primaxin) Description ...
http://www.emedicine.com/MED/topic200.htm
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Single dose imipenem-cilastatin compared with thre...[J Chemother. 1991 ...
... the combined antibiotics (cefuroxime 0.75 g plus metronidazole 0.5 g i.v.) every ... A comparison of imipenem/cilastatin with the combination of cefuroxime and ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1819620?ordinalpos=98&ito...
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Imipenem and Cilastatin Drug Information, Professional
Imipenem and Cilastatin Drug Information from Drugs.com. ... A, et al. Randomized trial comparing netilmicin plus imipenem/cilastatin versus ...
http://www.drugs.com/mmx/imipenem-and-cilastatin.html
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Prospective Randomized Comparison of Imipenem-Cilastatin and ...
... as the combination of imipenem-cilastatin plus netilmicin in these two settings. The efficacy of imipenem-cilastatin is now compared to that of piperacillin ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=9797234
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CDC - Letter - Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Producing PER ...
... plus piperacillin (2 g three times a day) for 12 days, and then with imipenem/cilastatin ... to mezlocillin, ceftazidime, cefepime, aztreonam, imipenem, ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol7no5/docquier_letter.htm
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Urinary tract infection
In younger women, UTI symptoms plus positive results on an over-the-counter ... drug combinations such as ampicillin plus gentamicin or imipenem plus cilastatin. ...
http://adam.about.com/reports/Urinary-tract-infection.htm
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MedlinePlus Drug Information: Drugs beginning with Pa
Pediacare® Long-Acting Cough Plus Cold (as a combination product containing ... Primaxin® see Imipenem and Cilastatin Sodium Injection. Primidone ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/drug_Pa.html
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Prospective randomized controlled study of ciprofloxacin versus ...
... with either imipenem plus cilastatin (32 patients) or ciprofloxacin (34 patients) ... Randomized trial of imipenem/cilastatin versus gentamicin and clindamycin in ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=174977
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eMedicine - Pneumonia, Aspiration : Article by Anand Swaminathan
Aspiration is defined as the inhalation of either oropharyngeal or gastric ... Piperacillin/tazobactam or imipenem/cilastatin plus vancomycin would be appropriate. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/EMERG/topic464.htm
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Cytovene (Ganciclovir) Drug Information: Uses, Side Effects, Drug ...
Imipenem-cilastatin: Generalized seizures have been reported in patients who ... serum creatinine were observed in patients treated with CYTOVENE-IV plus either ...
http://www.rxlist.com/cytovene-drug.htm
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Tigecycline. [Drugs. 2005] - PubMed Result
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 18 million citations from ... plus aztreonam or imipenem/cilastatin) ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16392879?dopt=Abstract
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Complete Allopurinol information from Drugs.com
... floxuridine; gentamicin; haloperidol; hydroxyzine; idarubicin; imipenem plus cilastatin; mechlorethamine; meperidine; metoclopramide; methylprednisolone ...
http://www.drugs.com/ppa/allopurinol.html
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Epidemiology, Resistance, and Outcomes of Acinetobacter baumannii (AB ...
... (AB) Bacteremia Treated with Imipenem/Cilastatin (I/C) or Ampicillin/Sulbactam (A/ S) ... I/C plus amikacin is the regimen of choice for AB infections at ...
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=102246149.html
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Serum bactericidal activity and killing rate for volunteers receiving ...
Imipenem plus amikacin appeared as effective as ceftazidime ... Safety and efficacy of high-dose treatment with imipenem-cilastatin in seriously ill patients. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=176448
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Mayo Clinic medical information and tools for healthy living ...
Imipenem and Cilastatin (Intravenous Route, Intramuscular Route) Imipramine (Oral Route) ... Infants' Tylenol Plus Cold. Infants' Tylenol Plus Cold. Infergen ...
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/drug-information/DrugIndex/range=H-Jz
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Merck & Co. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fosamax Plus D (alendronate/vitamin D) ? osteoporosis medication. ... Primaxin (imipenem with cilastatin) ? a broad spectrum carbapenem antibiotic. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merck_&_Co.
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netilmicin
Information for netilmicin on Drugs.com. May include images, interactions and related content. ... idarubicin; imipenem plus cilastatin; mechlorethamine; meperidine; ...
http://www.drugs.com/search.php?searchterm=netilmicin&is_main_search=1
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Results of a randomized trial comparing sequential intravenous/oral ...
... with ciprofloxacin plus metronidazole to imipenem/cilastatin for intra-abdominal ... Prospective study comparing imipenem-cilastatin with clindamycin and ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1235120
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eMedicine - Intravenous-to-Oral Switch Therapy : Article by Noah S ...
Switching from intravenous to oral therapy as soon as patients are clinically ... with ciprofloxacin plus metronidazole to imipenem/cilastatin for intra-abdominal ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3549.htm
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Comparative Stability Studies of Antipseudomonal ?-Lactams for ...
... of the nominal flow), or limited solubility (imipenem plus cilastatin at >8 g ... meropenem (imipenem was tested only in the presence of cilastatin since ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pub...
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eMedicine - Urinary Tract Infection, Females : Article by Burke A Cunha
... include parenteral fluoroquinolones, ampicillin and gentamicin, imipenem plus cilastatin, third-generation cephalosporins, beta-lactam/beta-lactamase ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2835.htm
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Cefepime versus Imipenem-Cilastatin for Treatment of Nosocomial ...
The present study was performed to compare cefepime with imipenem-cilastatin for ... comparison of imipenem monotherapy with imipenem plus netilmicin for treatment ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pub...
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Maxipime Official FDA information, side effects and uses.
... plus intravenous metronidazole (500 mg q6h) versus imipenem/cilastatin (500 ... plus metronidazole group and 66% (62/94) in the imipenem/cilastatin group. ...
http://www.drugs.com/pro/maxipime.html
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Prospective randomized comparison of imipenem monotherapy with imipenem ...
... appeared as effective as the combination of imipenem plus ... Pneumonia treated with imipenem/cilastatin. Am J Med. 1985 Jun 7;78(6A):104?109. [PubMed] ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=8092830
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eMedicine - Small-Bowel Obstruction : Article by Jaime Shalkow
Imipenem and cilastatin (Primaxin) Description ... Antipseudomonal penicillin plus beta-lactamase inhibitor that provides coverage ...
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic1203.htm
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Tigecycline (Tygacil): the first in the glycylcycline class of antibiotics
Imipenem/cilastatin doses were adjusted for body weight and creatinine clearance ... is also approximately equivalent in cost to imipenem/cilastatin plus vancomycin. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1426172
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Systemic perioperative prophylaxis in elective onc...[Drugs Exp Clin ...
... surgery: short-term prophylaxis with clindamycin plus aztreonam or gentamicin. ... Single dose imipenem-cilastatin compared with three doses of cefuroxime and ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3150952?ordinalpos=135&it...
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Zosyn Side Effects | Drugs.com
... and 215 patients were treated with imipenem/cilastatin (500 mg/500 mg q6h) in ... treated with cefotaxime (50 mg/kg) plus metronidazole (7.5 mg/kg) every 8 hours. ...
http://www.drugs.com/sfx/zosyn-side-effects.html
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Autolysis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is involved in ...
Imipenem-induced autolysis and the activity of imipenem plus cefotiam were ... activity of imipenem/cilastatin combined with cefotiam against methicillin ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=163002
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Letters
day) plus piperacillin (2 g three times a day) for 12 days, and. then with imipenem/cilastatin (0.5 g three times a day). No ... exhibited imipenem-hydrolyzing ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol7no5/pdf/parola.pdf
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Treatment of severe nosocomial pneumonia: a prospective randomised ...
Clinical outcome of nosocomial pneumonia following imipenem/cilastatin therapy. ... comparison of imipenem monotherapy with imipenem plus netilmicin for treatment ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1745648
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Merrem I.V. (Meropenem) Drug Information: Uses, Side Effects, Drug ...
Stability in Baxter Minibag Plus: Solutions of MERREM I.V. (MERREM I.V. ... ( meropenem, 2.5% and imipenem-cilastatin, 2.7%). Intra-abdominal ...
http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/meropen.htm
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Imipenem versus gentamicin combined with either cefuroxime or ...
... ME, Rolston K, Fainstein V. Imipenem/cilastatin therapy of infections in cancer patients. ... sulfamethoxazole plus amphotericin B in patients with acute ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=189424
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Population Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Continuous versus ...
All patients received imipenem-cilastatin (Zienam; MSD, Munich, Germany) for ... group was 1 g/1 g loading dose plus 6 g/6 g maintenance dose as a continuous ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2043189
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eMedicine - Mycetoma : Article by Oliverio Welsh
Mycetoma is a chronic, granulomatous disease of the skin and ... Imipenem and cilastatin ... cases treated with imipenem or imipenem plus amikacin] ...
http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic280.htm
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Prospective Randomized Trials Affect the Outcomes of Intraabdominal ...
... a multicenter trial comparing imipenem/cilastatin to tobramycin/clindamycin for ... plus metronidazole with imipenem-cilastatin in the treatment of complicated ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pub...
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eMedicine - Escherichia Coli Infections : Article by Eleftherios Mylonakis
The genus Escherichia is named after Theodor ... Antipseudomonal penicillin plus beta-lactamase inhibitor. ... Imipenem and cilastatin (Primaxin) Description ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic734.htm
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Monotherapy with a Broad-Spectrum Beta-Lactam Is as Effective as Its ...
... with the same beta-lactam antibiotic (imipenem-cilastatin) and netilmicin (9) ... comparing cefepime plus metronidazole with imipenem-cilastatin in the treatment ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=90009
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Consumption of Imipenem Correlates with ?-Lactam Resistance in ...
... comparison of imipenem monotherapy with imipenem plus netilmicin for treatment ... randomized comparison of imipenem-cilastatin and piperacillin-tazobactam in ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pub...
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Pneumonia
... faropenem, ertapenem (Invanz) and combinations (imipenem/cilastatin [Primaxin] ... Calorie Count Plus. UCompareHealthCare. Advertising Info. News & Events ...
http://adam.about.com/reports/000064_7.htm
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Drug Guide P-Pz on Yahoo! Health
Prevident 5000 Plus Fluoride topical ... Primaxin IM Imipenem-cilastatin. Primaxin IV Imipenem-cilastatin. Primidone. Principen Ampicillin ...
http://health.yahoo.com/drugs/p/
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eMedicine - Cytomegalovirus : Article by Todd S Wills
Induction: 5 mg/kg IV bid plus Ig 500 mg/kg 3 times per wk for the first 2 wk ... risks); coadministration with imipenem and cilastatin may cause generalized ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic504.htm
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Imipenem concentrations in colorectal surgery and impact on the colonic ...
Concentrations of ampicillin plus sulbactam in serum and intestinal mucosa and ... Disposition of radiolabeled imipenem and cilastatin in normal human volunteers. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=171457
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The role of carbapenems in initial therapy for serious Gram-negative ...
... comparison of imipenem monotherapy with imipenem plus netilmicin for treatment ... Cefepime versus imipenem-cilastatin for treatment of nosocomial pneumonia in ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2391262
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Cytovene-IV Official FDA information, side effects and uses.
Accurate, FDA approved Cytovene-IV information for healthcare professionals and patients ... Imipenem-cilastatin ... observed in patients treated with Cytovene-IV plus either ...
http://www.drugs.com/pro/cytovene-iv.html
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eMedicine - Morganella Infections : Article by James R Miller
Antipseudomonal penicillin plus beta-lactamase inhibitor. ... Unlike imipenem, does not require a dehydropeptidase inhibitor (cilastatin) ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1502.htm
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