Treatment outcomes of patients with non-bacteremic pneumonia caused by extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-Acinetobacter baumannii complex isolates: Is there any benefit of adding tigecycline to aerosolized colistimethate sodium?

Shio Shin Jean,Tai Chin Hsieh,Wen-Sen Lee,Po-Ren Hsueh,Chin Wan Hsu,Carlos Lam

Treatment outcomes of patients with non-bacteremic pneumonia caused by extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-Acinetobacter baumannii complex isolates: Is there any benefit of adding tigecycline to aerosolized colistimethate sodium?

2018

Shio Shin Jean
Tai Chin Hsieh
Wen-Sen Lee
Po-Ren Hsueh
Chin Wan Hsu
Carlos Lam

AbstractFew therapeutic options exist for various infections caused by extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-Acinetobacter baumannii (XDR-Acb) complex isolates, including pneumonia. This study investigated the clinical efficacy between aerosolized colistimethate sodium (AS-CMS, 2 mi

Keywords:

Acinetobacter baumannii
Drug resistance
Medicine
Microbiology
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus
Acinetobacter
Colistimethate Sodium
Tigecycline
Physical therapy
Aerosolization
treatment outcome

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