Colistin: Potential for Dosage Error
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Colistin: potential for dosage error.
TO THE EDITOR—We read with interest the article by Dalfino et al [1] that evaluated a high-dose extended-interval colistin dosage regimen for critically ill patients. Colistin is experiencing resurgence in use given the rise in multidrug-resistant infections [2]. As a result, studies that provide outcome data to support clinical dosage regimens are valuable. From a safety perspective, the varia...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1058-4838,1537-6591
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis632