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Current use for old antibacterial agents: polymyxins, rifampin, and aminoglycosides
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Current use for old antibacterial agents: polymyxins, rifampin, and aminoglycosides

Donald Kaye
Infectious disease clinics of North America, v 18(3), pp 669-689
Sep 2004
PMID: 15308281

Abstract

Aminoglycosides - pharmacology Aminoglycosides - therapeutic use Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Bacterial Infections - drug therapy Humans Polymyxins - pharmacology Polymyxins - therapeutic use Rifampin - pharmacology Rifampin - therapeutic use
This article discusses three classes of antibacterial agents that are uncommonly used in bacterial infections (other than mycobacterial infections) and can be thought of as special-use agents. These are the polymyxins, rifampin, and the aminoglycosides.

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