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Use of Colistin in Critically Ill Patients
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Use of Colistin in Critically Ill Patients

Dror Marchaim, Donald Kaye and Keith S. Kaye
Polymyxin Antibiotics: From Laboratory Bench to Bedside, pp 155-179
31 Jul 2019
PMID: 31364078

Abstract

Hospital acquired infections ICU Nosocomial infections Polymyxin
Due to lack of better therapeutic options, colistin use for extensively drug-resistant Gram-negative organisms was revived in the past two decades, including in patients in intensive-care units (ICU). There are multiple knowledge gaps pertaining to the clinical use and utility of colistin in critically-ill patients, but due to lack of options, it is used in these high risk patients. In this chapter, we critically review the various topics pertaining to colistin use in critically-ill patients, while highlighting the (lack of) controlled evidence supporting common current practices pertaining to colistin use by clinicians.

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