Is intraventricular colistin an effective and safe treatment for post-surgical ventriculitis in the intensive care unit? [5]

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1309-1310

  Karakitsos, D ^a   Paramythiotou, E ^b   Samonis, G ^b   Karabinis, A ^b  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLISTIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROTOXICITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; COLISTIN; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SAFETY;

EID: 33750348692     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2006.01126.x     Document Type: Letter

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