Intravenous colistin in the treatment of sepsis from multiresistant Gram-negative bacilli in critically ill patients

Markou, Nikolaos; Apostolakos, Haralampos; Koumoudiou, Christiana; Athanasiou, Maria; Koutsoukou, Alexandra; Alamanos, Ioannis; Gregorakos, Leonidas

doi:10.1186/cc2358

Critical Care

Table 1 Critically ill patients treated with colistin: clinical characteristics and outcome

From: Intravenous colistin in the treatment of sepsis from multiresistant Gram-negative bacilli in critically ill patients

Patient	Age (years)	Sex	APACHE II score	Underlying disease	Infection	Pathogen	Response, outcome
1	34	M	21	Trauma, ARDS	VAP	P. aeruginosa	Initial response, Death
2	22	M	17	Trauma	VAP	P. aeruginosa	Response
3	27	M	14	Trauma	VAP	P. aeruginosa	Response
4	36	F	23	Burns, MOF (three organs)	VAP	P. aeruginosa	No response, death
5	25	F	22	Trauma, ARDS	VAP	P. aeruginosa	No response, death
6	47	M	13	Trauma	VAP	P. aeruginosa	Response
7	64	M	17	Trauma	VAP	P. aeruginosa	Response
8	52	F	16	Trauma	VAP	P. aeruginosa	Response
9	29	M	26	Pancreatitis, MOF (three organs)	VAP	P. aeruginosa	Initial response, death
10	38	M	14	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	VAP	P. aeruginosa	Response
11	66	M	28	Head and neck cancer, surgery, MOF (three organs)	VAP	P. aeruginosa	No response, death
12	34	F	16	Trauma	VAP	Acinetobacter spp.	Response
13	80	M	21	Sternotomy, ARDS	VAP	Acinetobacter spp.	Response
14	43	M	19	Trauma	VAP	Acinetobacter spp.	Response
15	28	F	24	Morbid obesity, bowel resection	VAP	Acinetobacter spp.	No response, death
16	20	F	17	Trauma	Post-traumatic meningitis	Acinetobacter spp.	Response
					Sinusitis	P. aeruginosa
					Urosepsis	P. aeruginosa
17	61	M	20	Trauma	Catheter-related sepsis	P. aeruginosa	Response
18	35	M	14	Trauma	Catheter-related sepsis	P. aeruginosa	Response
19	62	M	29	Trauma, MOF (two organs), CVVHD	Catheter-related sepsis	P. aeruginosa	No response, death
20	64	F	28	Burns, MOF (two organs), CVVHD	Sepsis of unknown primary origin	P. aeruginosa	No response, death
21	73	M	32	Cancer of the colon, bowel resection, MOF (four organs)	Sepsis of unknown primary origin	P. aeruginosa	Initial response, death
22	29	M	14	Trauma	Sepsis of unknown primary origin	P. aeruginosa	Response
23	20	M	22	Trauma, crush syndrome, CVVHD	Empyema thoracis	P. aeruginosa	No response, death
24	74	M	28	Aneurysm of the abdominal aorta, elective operation	Sepsis of unknown primary origin	Acinetobacter spp.	Initial response, death

F, female; M, male; MOF, multiple organ failure; CVVHD, continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration.

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