Sudden respiratory muscle paralysis and apnea in a patient infected with multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa treated with intravenous colistin

Int J Infect Dis. 2013 May;17(5):e357. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.11.013. Epub 2012 Dec 21.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Intravenous
  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / adverse effects*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Apnea / chemically induced
  • Apnea / diagnosis*
  • Aztreonam / therapeutic use
  • Colistin / administration & dosage
  • Colistin / adverse effects
  • Colistin / analogs & derivatives*
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pseudomonas Infections / drug therapy*
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / drug effects
  • Respiratory Paralysis / chemically induced
  • Respiratory Paralysis / diagnosis*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • colistinmethanesulfonic acid
  • Aztreonam
  • Colistin