Colistin versus colistin combined with ampicillin-sulbactam for multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii ventilator-associated pneumonia treatment: An open-label prospective study
Conclusion: Combination therapy with colistin and a high dose of ampicillin/sulbactam was associated with a more favorable clinical response to VAP due to carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii than colistin monotherapy.
Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - Category: Intensive Care Authors: Demosthenes Makris Efi Petinaki Vasssiliki Tsolaki Efstratios Manoulakas Konstantinos Mantzarlis Olimpia Apostolopoulou Dimitrios Sfyras Epaminondas Zakynthinos Source Type: research