Therapeutic drug monitoring for colistin therapy in severe multi-resistant intracerebral abscess: A single case study with high-dose colistin and review of literature

Objectives: Intracranial infections due to multidrug- resistant (MDR) gram-negative pathogens are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. As therapeutic options are limited and systemic drug penetration into the infection focus is difficult, intraventricular therapy has been described. Me...

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Main Authors: Sascha Tafelski, Lukas Wagner, Stefan Angermair, Maria Deja
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-06-01
Series:SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X17711630