The comparative efficacy of colistin monotherapy and combination therapy based on in vitro antimicrobial synergy in ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 212-220

  Hang, Jea Jang ^a   Kim, Mi Na ^a   Lee, Kwangha ^a   Hong, Sang Bum ^a   Lim, Chae Man ^a   Koh, Younsuck ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Colistin; In vitro antimicrobial synergy; Multi drug resistance; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIMETHATE; COLISTIN; COLY MYCIN M; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; HABEKACIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; SULPERAZON; SULTAMICILLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; SOUTH KOREA; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 70350064088     PISSN: 17383536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4046/trd.2009.67.3.212     Document Type: Article

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