Cefepime compared with ceftazidime as initial therapy for serious bacterial infections and sepsis syndrome.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on March 01, 1994

Authors

H Kieft1, A I Hoepelman, M Rozenberg-Arska, J M Branger, J H Voskuil, A B Geers, M Kluyver, H C Hart, E Poest-Clement, L van Beugen

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Utrecht, The Netherlands.

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