Stable polymyxin B susceptibility to Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp. despite persistent recovery of these organisms from respiratory secretions of patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia treated with this drug

J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Sep;47(9):3064-5. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01035-09. Epub 2009 Jul 8.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter / drug effects*
  • Acinetobacter / isolation & purification
  • Acinetobacter Infections / microbiology*
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / microbiology*
  • Polymyxin B / pharmacology*
  • Pseudomonas Infections / microbiology*
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / drug effects*
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Polymyxin B