Study Evaluating Tigecycline Versus Imipenem/Cilastatin in Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia

Summary

To compare the efficacy and safety of the tigecycline regimen with that of the imipenem/cilastatin regimen in subjects with nosocomial pneumonia.

Timeline

Start

2003-07

Primary completion

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Completion

2006-12

Publications

• Karageorgopoulos DE, Kelesidis T, Kelesidis I, Falagas ME. Tigecycline for the treatment of multidrug-resistant (including carbapenem-resistant) Acinetobacter infections: a review of the scientific evidence. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2008 Jul;62(1):45-55. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkn165. Epub 2008 Apr 24.

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