GUIDELINE

Guideline summary: Appropriate use of tigecycline

A. J. Brink^I; D. Bizos^II; K. D. Boffard^III; C. Feldman^IV; D. C. Grolman^V; J. Pretorius^VI; G. A. Richards^VII; E. Steyn^VIII

^IM.B. Ch.B., M.Med. (Clin. Micro.); Ampath National Laboratory Services, Milpark Hospital, Johannesburg
^IIM.B. B.Ch., F.C.S. (S.A.), M.Med., F.R.C.S. (Eng.) (Ad Eundem); Department of Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
^IIIM.B. B.Ch., B.Sc. Hons, F.R.C.S., F.R.C.S. (Edin.) F.R.C.P.S. (Glasg.), F.A.C. (S.A.), F.A.C.S; Department of Surgery, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital and University of the Witwatersrand
^IVM.B. B.Ch., D.Sc., Ph.D., F.R.C.P., F.C.P. (S.A.); Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital and University of the Witwatersrand
^VM.B. B.Ch., F.C.S. (S.A.) Surg., F.C.S. (S.A.) Crit. Care; Sandton Medi-Clinic, Life Fourways Hospital and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
^VIM.B. Ch.B., M.Med. (Surg.), F.C.S. (S.A.); Department of Surgery, Steve Biko Academic Hospital and University of Pretoria
^VIIM.B. B.Ch., Ph.D., F.C.P. (S.A.); Department of Medicine, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital and University of the Witwatersrand
^VIIIM.B. Ch.B., M.Med. (Surg.), F.C.S.S.A. Trauma and Emergency Service, Vincent Pallotti and Christiaan Barnard Hospitals, Cape Town, and President, Trauma Society of South Africa

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REFERENCE

1. Brink AJ, Bizos D, Boffard KD, et al. Guideline: Appropriate use of tigecycline. S Afr Med J 2010;100:388-394.         [ Links ]