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Table 2 Emergence of imipenem resistance during treatment of Pseudomonas pneumonia

From: The role of carbapenems in initial therapy for serious Gram-negative infections

Authors (year) [ref.]

Daily dose (g)

Treatment-emergent resistance (n/total [%])

Salata et al. (1985) [36]

1.5 to 3

6/10 (60)

Quinn et al. (1986) [38]

  

Norrby et al. (1993) [35]

2

6/19 (32)

Cometta et al. (1994) [32]

2a

14/21 (67)

Fink et al. (1994) [33]

3

17/32 (53)

Jaccard et al. (1998) [34]

2

6/24 (25)

Zanetti et al. (2003) [37]

2

9/27 (33)

  1. aSome patients also received 150 mg netilmicin twice a day.