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Intrathecal/Intraventricular Colistin for Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial CNS Infections in Pediatric Population: A Systematic Review
Central nervous system (CNS) infections constitute a life-threatening condition, especially in children. Treatment limitations exist for drug-resistant CNS bacterial infections. Inadequate CNS penetration and intravenous (IV) antibiotic treatment failure represent a major clinical challenge. However...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8954222/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35324588 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed7030041 |
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description | Central nervous system (CNS) infections constitute a life-threatening condition, especially in children. Treatment limitations exist for drug-resistant CNS bacterial infections. Inadequate CNS penetration and intravenous (IV) antibiotic treatment failure represent a major clinical challenge. However, patients with antibiotic-resistant bacterial CNS infections may benefit from intrathecal (IT) or intraventricular (IVT) colistin. The authors aimed to assess the safety and effectiveness of IT/IVT colistin therapy in the pediatric population, with or without other antibiotics, for the treatment of antibiotic-resistant CNS infections. A comprehensive literature search was conducted using the electronic databases of PubMed, Ovid, and Embase for relevant articles using the following terms: “Colistin”, “CNS infection”, and “Outcome”, as well as their combinations. The retrieved articles were filtered by age (Child), language (English), route of administration (IT/IVT), and species (Humans). The present systematic review comprised 20 articles that included 31 children (19; 61.2% were boys) with multidrug-resistant CNS infection. Their ages ranged from less than one month to 18 years (median: 9 months). Acinetobacter baumannii was the main causative organism in 22 patients (70.9%), and infection occurred mainly after neurosurgical interventions (83.8%). An external ventricular drain was inserted to administer colistin into the ventricular system in 29 cases (93.5%). The median duration for colistin therapy was 18 days. Twenty-three patients (74%) recovered, while five patients (16%) had residual disability, and three patients (10%) died. The authors concluded that IT/IVT colistin therapy is safe and effective as either the primary or adjunct treatment for antibiotic-resistant cases with CNS infection. |
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spelling | pubmed-89542222022-03-26 Intrathecal/Intraventricular Colistin for Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial CNS Infections in Pediatric Population: A Systematic Review Alnaami, Ibrahim Alahmari, Zubaidah Trop Med Infect Dis Systematic Review Central nervous system (CNS) infections constitute a life-threatening condition, especially in children. Treatment limitations exist for drug-resistant CNS bacterial infections. Inadequate CNS penetration and intravenous (IV) antibiotic treatment failure represent a major clinical challenge. However, patients with antibiotic-resistant bacterial CNS infections may benefit from intrathecal (IT) or intraventricular (IVT) colistin. The authors aimed to assess the safety and effectiveness of IT/IVT colistin therapy in the pediatric population, with or without other antibiotics, for the treatment of antibiotic-resistant CNS infections. A comprehensive literature search was conducted using the electronic databases of PubMed, Ovid, and Embase for relevant articles using the following terms: “Colistin”, “CNS infection”, and “Outcome”, as well as their combinations. The retrieved articles were filtered by age (Child), language (English), route of administration (IT/IVT), and species (Humans). The present systematic review comprised 20 articles that included 31 children (19; 61.2% were boys) with multidrug-resistant CNS infection. Their ages ranged from less than one month to 18 years (median: 9 months). Acinetobacter baumannii was the main causative organism in 22 patients (70.9%), and infection occurred mainly after neurosurgical interventions (83.8%). An external ventricular drain was inserted to administer colistin into the ventricular system in 29 cases (93.5%). The median duration for colistin therapy was 18 days. Twenty-three patients (74%) recovered, while five patients (16%) had residual disability, and three patients (10%) died. The authors concluded that IT/IVT colistin therapy is safe and effective as either the primary or adjunct treatment for antibiotic-resistant cases with CNS infection. MDPI 2022-03-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8954222/ /pubmed/35324588 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed7030041 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Systematic Review Alnaami, Ibrahim Alahmari, Zubaidah Intrathecal/Intraventricular Colistin for Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial CNS Infections in Pediatric Population: A Systematic Review |
title | Intrathecal/Intraventricular Colistin for Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial CNS Infections in Pediatric Population: A Systematic Review |
title_full | Intrathecal/Intraventricular Colistin for Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial CNS Infections in Pediatric Population: A Systematic Review |
title_fullStr | Intrathecal/Intraventricular Colistin for Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial CNS Infections in Pediatric Population: A Systematic Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Intrathecal/Intraventricular Colistin for Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial CNS Infections in Pediatric Population: A Systematic Review |
title_short | Intrathecal/Intraventricular Colistin for Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial CNS Infections in Pediatric Population: A Systematic Review |
title_sort | intrathecal/intraventricular colistin for antibiotic-resistant bacterial cns infections in pediatric population: a systematic review |
topic | Systematic Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8954222/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35324588 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed7030041 |
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