Colistin in Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
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Colistin in ventilator-associated pneumonia.
It is interesting to observe how advances in research, as well as unmet medical needs, change attitudes and decisions in clinical practice. The expansion of use of intravenous colistin for the treatment of patients with multidrug-resistant (MDR) gram-negative bacterial infections is certainly such an example. Even a few years ago there were many opponents to the use of colistin. The medication ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1537-6591,1058-4838
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir931