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Breakpoints for Predicting <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> Susceptibility to Inhaled Tobramycin in Cystic Fibrosis Patients: Use of High-Range Etest Strips
1 Sept 2005
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Inhaled administration of tobramycin assures high concentrations in cystic fibrotic lungs, improving the therapeutic ratio over that of parenteral tobramycin levels, particularly against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Conventional Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI; formerly National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards) breakpoints only consider parenteral levels and do not take into account these...
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