Colistin Therapy in a 23-Week Gestational-Age Neonate with Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Pneumonia

Multidrug-resistant pathogens are becoming more difficult to treat with significantly increasing infection rates. The lack of new antibiotics to combat these strains has led to the resurgence of older antibiotics. This case highlights the first reported use of colistimethate sodium treatment in a 23...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mirjana Lulic-Botica, Lilia DeJesus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2011-01-01
Series:American Journal of Perinatology Reports
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Online Access:https://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/html/10.1055/s-0030-1271217