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Tigecycline
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INDICATIONS
FDA
FDA
- Complicated skin and skin structure infections (including those caused by MRSA and vancomycin-susceptible E. faecalis).
- Author’s comment: avoid in severe infections +/- bacteremia.
- Complicated intra-abdominal infections (as a single agent).
- Author’s comment: avoid in severe infections +/- bacteremia.
- Community-acquired bacterial pneumonia caused by S. pneumoniae (PCN-susceptible isolates), H. influenzae (beta-lactamase negative isolates), and Legionella pneumophila.
- Author’s comment: not a first-line agent and generally not used for CAP.
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
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INDICATIONS
FDA
FDA
- Complicated skin and skin structure infections (including those caused by MRSA and vancomycin-susceptible E. faecalis).
- Author’s comment: avoid in severe infections +/- bacteremia.
- Complicated intra-abdominal infections (as a single agent).
- Author’s comment: avoid in severe infections +/- bacteremia.
- Community-acquired bacterial pneumonia caused by S. pneumoniae (PCN-susceptible isolates), H. influenzae (beta-lactamase negative isolates), and Legionella pneumophila.
- Author’s comment: not a first-line agent and generally not used for CAP.
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
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Last updated: December 4, 2018
Citation
Dzintars, Kathryn. "Tigecycline." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2018. Johns Hopkins Guides, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540549/7/Tigecycline.
Dzintars K. Tigecycline. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2018. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540549/7/Tigecycline. Accessed April 1, 2023.
Dzintars, K. (2018). Tigecycline. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540549/7/Tigecycline
Dzintars K. Tigecycline [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2018. [cited 2023 April 01]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540549/7/Tigecycline.
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