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Table 4 Antibiotics against VRE, ESBL and carbapenem-resistant bacteria in cSSTI

From: Treatment of complicated skin and soft-tissue infections caused by resistant bacteria: value of linezolid, tigecycline, daptomycin and vancomycin

Organism

Antibiotic

Duration

VRE

Linezolid

7 days

 

Tigecycline

 

ESBL

Carbapenem group 1 and 2

7 days

 

Tigecycline

 
 

Fosfomycin+

 
 

Colistin

 

Carbapenem

Tigecycline

7 days

resistant bac.

Colistin

 
  1. + = combination therapy necessary