When HIV-positive patients are critically ill and unable to take medications orally, administration of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) becomes challenging. The foremost issue is the lack… (More)
Ramoplanin, a novel antibiotic with activity against aerobic and anaerobic gram-positive bacteria, acts to prevent cell wall peptidoglycan formation by binding to a key intermediate moiety, lipid II.… (More)
The administration of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in intubated critically ill patients may be challenging. Limited pharmacokinetic data exist characterizing the effects of crushed ART with… (More)
OBJECTIVE
To compare the duration of hospitalization of patients treated with either oral or intravenous corticosteroids for an acute asthma exacerbation.
METHODS
A retrospective chart review was… (More)
Etravirine and rilpivirine are two new nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) that have the distinct advantage of being able to be used in patients with exposure to previous NNRTIs… (More)