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Intravenous colistin-induced acute respiratory failure: A case report and a review of literature

The emergence of multi-drug-resistant gram negative bacillary infections has regained popularity of ancient drugs such as polymyxins. We report a case of acute respiratory failure induced by use of intravenous colistimethate, which is one of the forms of polymyxin. The patient is a 31 year old femal...

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Autores principales: Shrestha, Amardeep, Soriano, Sheryll Mae, Song, Mingchen, Chihara, Shingo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4200556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25337492
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5151.141487