Prolonged Infusion Cefepime and Nosocomial Infections

Summary

It is advocated that prolonged infusion of beta-lactamic antibiotics provides better bactericidal effect. The aim of the present study is to randomize patients a to extended cefepime infusion regimen (lasting four hours) or to a usual infusion regimen (not lasting more than thirty minutes) and evaluate the clinical efficacy of this theoretical pharmacokinetic advantage.

Timeline

Start

2015-10

Primary completion

2016-03

Completion

2016-09

Drugs

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