Serum and cerebrospinal fluid levels of colistin in pediatric patients

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3985-3987

  Antachopoulos, Charalampos ^a   Karvanen, Matti ^b   Iosifidis, Elias ^a   Jansson, Britt ^b   Plachouras, Diamantis ^c   Cars, Otto ^b   Roilides, Emmanuel ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; COLISTIMETHATE; COLISTIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DOBUTAMINE; DOMPERIDONE; DOPAMINE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; ISONIAZID; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDAZOLAM; OMEPRAZOLE; PHENYTOIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PYRAZINAMIDE; RANITIDINE; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MENINGITIS; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SCHOOL CHILD; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLISTIN; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956099674     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01799-09     Document Type: Article

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