Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 65, Issue 4 , Pages 431-434, December 2009

Polymyxin B and colistimethate are comparable as to efficacy and renal toxicity

  • Maura S. Oliveira

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infection Control of Hospital das Clínicas, Rua Dr. Ovídio Pires de Campos, São Paulo-SP 05403-010, Brazil
    • ,
  • Gladys V.B. Prado

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infection Control of Hospital das Clínicas, Rua Dr. Ovídio Pires de Campos, São Paulo-SP 05403-010, Brazil
    • ,
  • Silvia F. Costa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases and LIM-54, University of São Paulo, Av. Dr. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 470, São Paulo-SP 05403-000, Brazil
    • ,
  • Renato S. Grinbaum

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infection Control of Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual de São Paulo, Avenida Ibirapuera, 981, São Paulo-SP 04029-000, Brazil
    • ,
  • Anna S. Levin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infection Control of Hospital das Clínicas, Rua Dr. Ovídio Pires de Campos, São Paulo-SP 05403-010, Brazil
    • Department of Infectious Diseases and LIM-54, University of São Paulo, Av. Dr. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 470, São Paulo-SP 05403-000, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +55-11-3069-7066; fax: +55-11-3069-7066.

Received 7 April 2009; accepted 15 July 2009. published online 04 September 2009.

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PII: S0732-8893(09)00298-3

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.07.018

Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 65, Issue 4 , Pages 431-434, December 2009

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