Polymyxins: A word of caution for prudent use of valuable "old antibiotics" [2]

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 995-

  Falagas, Matthew E ^a,b,c   Kasiakou, Sofia K ^a   Michalopoulos, Argris ^a  

^a HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM; COLISTIN; MEROPENEM; POLYMYXIN; POLYMYXIN B; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; LETTER; LUNG INFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEUROTOXICITY; PNEUMONIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALVAGE THERAPY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

COLISTIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; POLYMYXIN B;

EID: 33749018250     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507290     Document Type: Letter

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