Empirical Antibiotic Therapy for Gram-Negative Bacilli Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Observational Study and Pharmacodynamic Assessment.
Olivier PajotKarim LakhalJérome LambertAntoine GrosCédric BruelThierry BoulainDenis GarotVincent DasJean François TimsitCharles CerfBertrand SouweineCendrine ChaffautHervé MentecJean Ralph ZaharJean Paul MiraVincent JullienPublished in: Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)
In our ICU patients treated for GNB VAP, using recommended antibiotic dosage led in most cases to PK/PD targets attainment for aminoglycosides and β-lactams. High creatinine clearance should encourage clinicians to focus on PK/PD issues.