Christos Nodaras, Antigoni Kotsaki, Nikolaos Tziolos, Theano Kontopoulou, Karolina Akinosoglou, Maria Chrisanthakopoulou, Eleftheria Kranidioti, Ioannis Kritselis, Nikolaos Voloudakis, Vassilios Vittoros, Agathoniki Gogkou, Ilias Fillas, Konstantinos G Toutouzas, Magdalini Bristianou, Dimosthenis Tsoutsos, Eirini Christaki, George Adamis, Katerina Kaziani, Christos Tsironis, Malvina Lada, Evangelos Kokkinakis, Styliani Sympardi, Ioannis M Koutelidakis, Achilleas Karkamanis, Aikaterini Pantazi, Cihat Bayram, Zoi Alexiou, George Mousoulis, Charalambos Gogos, Miriam O’Hare, Derek Griffiths, Alasdair MacGowan, Helen Sambatakou, Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis

Microbiology of acute bacterial skin and skin-structure infections in Greece: A proposed clinical prediction score for the causative pathogen

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 2019 Dec;54(6):750-756
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2019.08.020Download pdf 🡇

Funding

This study was funded in part by the European Commission FP7-HEALTH-Specific Programme ‘Co-operation’ Health, Preserving old antibiotics for the future: assessment of clinical efficacy by pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic approach to optimise effectiveness and reduce resistance for off-patent antibiotics [Grant Agreement ID: 278348] and in part by the Hellenic Institute for the Study of Sepsis. The funding sources had no role in the study design, in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data, in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication.

Keywords: Skin infection; ABSSSI; Methicillin resistance; Causative pathogen; Prediction score
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