Ventilator-associated pneumonia with Col-S strains: A successful comeback of colistin!

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 444-446

  Mukhopadhyay, Chiranjay ^a   Krishna, S ^a   Vandana, K E ^a   Shenoy, A ^a   Bairy, I ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Col S strain; Colistin; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COLISTIN; MEROPENEM; MONOBACTAM DERIVATIVE; NETILMICIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULPERAZON; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACCIDENT; ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; MICROBIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLISTIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65449122422     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702008000500018     Document Type: Article

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