Sentence examples for failed antibiotics from inspiring English sources

Surgical intervention is typically reserved for patients with failed antibiotics therapy, intractable back pain, significant neurological deficit, large epidural abscesses, extensive vertebral body destruction, severe kyphotic deformity, or spinal instability [ 22- 25].

While exceptional, surgical treatment may be proposed in the case of abscesses, proven osteomyelitis, bone involvement or necrosis, and failed antibiotic therapy [ 1].

But also when the kidneys fail, antibiotic dosing can be challenging.

Among the five patients who failed initial antibiotics, four (80%) did receive IV antibiotics.

Whether it is indicated in patients with refractory CRS who have failed prophylactic antibiotics, but have no signs of chronic lung disease, is unknown.

Twenty-two of 37 cases (59%) met at least one of the five IDSA/ATS criteria recommending Legionella testing as follows: 14 (38%) were admitted to an ICU; 7 (19%) had a pleural effusion on initial chest radiograph; 6 (16%) had a history of alcohol abuse; 4 (11%) failed outpatient antibiotics prior to admission; and 1 (3%) had a history of recent travel.

Of these trials, only the trial by Layios and coworkers reported the antibiotics exposure and concluded that PCT measuring for the initiation of antibiotics failed to decrease the antibiotic consummation [36].

Patients who failed initial antibiotic therapy were significantly more likely to receive sequential antibiotic therapy, thus increasing their length of stay and hospital costs.

The proportion of children that failed oral antibiotic treatment ranged from 7.8%to22.9%.9 %.

Baseline patient characteristics were generally similar between the three vancomycin trough level groups, although there was a greater proportion of patients who had failed prior antibiotic treatment in the higher vancomycin trough groups (p = 0.002; Table  1).

A new report has documented that tigecycline as part of a multidrug regimen resulted in improvement in >60% of 52 patients with M. abscessus and M. chelonae infections, including those with underlying cystic fibrosis despite having failed prior antibiotic therapy.