Toxicity after prolonged (more than four weeks) administration of intravenous colistin

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The intravenous use of polymyxins has been considered to be associated with considerable nephrotoxicity and neurotoxicity. For this reason, the systemic administration of polymyxins had been abandoned for about 20 years in most areas...

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Main Authors: Bliziotis Ioannis A, Rizos Michael, Falagas Matthew E, Rellos Kostas, Kasiakou Sofia K, Michalopoulos Argyris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-01-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/5/1