Colistin: the re-emerging antibiotic for multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections

The Lancet Infectious Diseases - Tập 6 - Trang 589-601 - 2006
Jian Li1, Roger L Nation1, John D Turnidge2, Robert W Milne3, Kingsley Coulthard4,3, Craig R Rayner1, David L Paterson5
1Facility for Anti-infective Drug Development and Innovation, Victorian College of Pharmacy, Monash University, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
2Division of Laboratory Medicine, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
3Sansom Institute, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia
4Department of Pharmacy, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
5Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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