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- Title
The Use of Intravenous and Inhaled Colistin Therapy During a Burn Center Outbreak of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii.
- Authors
Saun, Tomas J; Rogers, Alan D; Leis, Jerome A; Cartotto, Robert
- Abstract
The authors report on the use of combination intravenous and inhaled colistin therapy in 2 patients with major burns admitted to an American Burn Association-verified burn center during a multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak. Both patients had documented, culture-proven MDR Acinetobacter ventilator-associated pneumonia and bacteremia leading to sepsis. Both patients were successfully extubated and subsequently discharged from hospital. In this article, the authors provide the timeline of events and treatments that were used in these 2 cases. Combination intravenous and inhaled colistin therapy may be a valuable tool against MDR Acinetobacter infections.
- Subjects
INTRAVENOUS injections; BURNS &; scalds; PATIENTS; INFECTION; HOSPITAL &; community; ACINETOBACTER infections; ANTIBIOTICS; BURN care units; CROSS infection; DRUG resistance in microorganisms; DISEASE outbreaks; INTRAVENOUS therapy; GRAM-negative aerobic bacteria; INHALATION administration; COLISTIN
- Publication
Journal of Burn Care & Research, 2018, Vol 39, Issue 6, p1027
- ISSN
1559-047X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1097/BCR.0000000000000626