Successful treatment with intravenous colistin for sinusitis, orbital cellulites, and pneumonia caused by multidrug-resistant metallo-beta-lactamase- producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 689-692

  Saito, Takashi ^a   Takaori Kondo, Akifumi ^a   Tashima, Masaharu ^a   Yamashita, Kohei ^a   Iinuma, Yoshitsugu ^a   Takakura, Shunji ^a   Nagao, Miki ^a   Ichinohe, Tatsuo ^a   Ishikawa, Takayuki ^a   Uchiyama, Takashi ^a   Ichiyama, Satoshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colistin; Metallo beta lactamase; Multidrug resistance; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFEPIME; COLISTIN; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TEICOPLANIN; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIZZINESS; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; HUMAN; MALE; ORBIT CELLULITIS; PARESTHESIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PNEUMONIA; SEPTIC SHOCK; SINUSITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEAKNESS; X RAY;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; COLISTIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUSITIS; ORBITAL CELLULITIS; PNEUMONIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67749135269     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12185-009-0278-5     Document Type: Article

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