Research Article: Microbiologic Cure with a Simplified Dosage of Intravenous Colistin in Adults: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Introduction:
Carbapenem resistance (CR) has brought the world closer to the challenge of extreme drug resistance to Gram-negative bacilli (GNB). The prevalence of CR in Acinetobacter baumannii isolates was % in Africa, the Eastern Mediterranean, and Europe, and up to % in some Asia-Pacific countries. Antibiograms from Saudi hospitals between and , with a total of , GNB isolates, were reviewed. The proportion of A. baumannii isolates not susceptible to at least one antipseudomonal carbapenem was %, Pseudomonas aeruginosa %,…
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