Doripenem a Review of Its Use in the Treatment of Bacterial Infections
Drugs 2008; 68 (14): 2021-2057 ADIS DRUG EVALUATION 0012-6667/08/0014-2021/$53.45/0 © 2008 Adis Data Information BV. All rights reserved. Doripenem A Review of its Use in the Treatment of Bacterial Infections Susan J. Keam Wolters Kluwer Health | Adis, Auckland, New Zealand, an editorial office of Wolters Kluwer Health, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA Various sections of the manuscript reviewed by: Y. Ike, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan; T. Matsumoto, Department of Urology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan; G. Poulakou, 4th Department of Internal Medicine, Athens Medical School, Attikon University General Hospital, Athens, Greece; J.S. Solomkin, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; F. Van Bambeke, Unite de Pharmacologie Cellulaire et Moleculaire, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium; G.G. Zhanel, Medical Microbiology Health Sciences Centre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Data Selection Sources: Medical literature published in any language since 1980 on ‘doripenem’, identified using MEDLINE and EMBASE, supplemented by AdisBase (a proprietary database of Wolters Kluwer Health | Adis). Additional references were identified from the reference lists of published articles. Bibliographical information, including contributory unpublished data, was also requested from the company developing the drug. Search strategy: MEDLINE, EMBASE and AdisBase search term was ‘doripenem’. Searches were last updated 4 August 2008. Selection: Studies in patients with bacterial infections who received doripenem. Inclusion of studies was based mainly on the methods section of the trials. When available, large, well controlled trials with appropriate statistical methodology were preferred. Relevant pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic data are also included.
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