Inhaled colistin following lung transplantation in colonised cystic fibrosis patients

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 542-544

  Suhling, Hendrik ^a   Rademacher, Jessica ^a   Greer, Mark ^a   Haverich, Axel ^a   Warnecke, Gregor ^a   Gottlieb, Jens ^b   Welte, Tobias ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COLISTIN;

ADULT; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; COLISTIN; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882616677     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00201012     Document Type: Letter

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