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

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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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
Subjects:
Colistimethate
neonate
extremely low-birth-weight
multidrug resistant
Online Access:https://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/html/10.1055/s-0030-1271217
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spelling doaj-44891b4f6d9043efbe3879c8bdae76062020-11-25T03:49:50ZengThieme Medical Publishers, Inc.American Journal of Perinatology Reports2157-69982157-70052011-01-01010100701010.1055/s-0030-1271217Colistin Therapy in a 23-Week Gestational-Age Neonate with Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii PneumoniaMirjana Lulic-Botica0Lilia DeJesus1Hutzel Women's Hospital, Wayne State UniversityWayne State UniversityMultidrug-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-week gestational-age neonate with multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia who developed acute renal failure and seizures shortly after initiation of treatment.https://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/html/10.1055/s-0030-1271217Colistimethateneonateextremely low-birth-weightmultidrug resistant
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Lilia DeJesus
Colistin Therapy in a 23-Week Gestational-Age Neonate with Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Pneumonia
American Journal of Perinatology Reports
Colistimethate
neonate
extremely low-birth-weight
multidrug resistant
author_facet Mirjana Lulic-Botica
Lilia DeJesus
author_sort Mirjana Lulic-Botica
title Colistin Therapy in a 23-Week Gestational-Age Neonate with Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Pneumonia
title_short Colistin Therapy in a 23-Week Gestational-Age Neonate with Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Pneumonia
title_full Colistin Therapy in a 23-Week Gestational-Age Neonate with Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Pneumonia
title_fullStr Colistin Therapy in a 23-Week Gestational-Age Neonate with Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Pneumonia
title_full_unstemmed Colistin Therapy in a 23-Week Gestational-Age Neonate with Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Pneumonia
title_sort colistin therapy in a 23-week gestational-age neonate with multidrug-resistant acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia
publisher Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
series American Journal of Perinatology Reports
issn 2157-6998
2157-7005
publishDate 2011-01-01
description 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-week gestational-age neonate with multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia who developed acute renal failure and seizures shortly after initiation of treatment.
topic Colistimethate
neonate
extremely low-birth-weight
multidrug resistant
url https://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/html/10.1055/s-0030-1271217
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