Intra-Vesical Colistin for Pseudomonas aeruginosa Urinary Tract Infections
  • Rui Encarnado Assis
    Intensive Care Unit, Centro Hospitalar do Médio Tejo, Abrantes, Portugal
  • Inês Coelho
    Intensive Care Unit, Centro Hospitalar do Médio Tejo, Abrantes, Portugal http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7882-5526
  • André Real
    Intensive Care Unit, Centro Hospitalar do Médio Tejo, Abrantes, Portugal
  • Luís França
    Intensive Care Unit, Centro Hospitalar do Médio Tejo, Abrantes, Portugal
  • Ana Araújo
    Intensive Care Unit, Centro Hospitalar do Médio Tejo, Abrantes, Portugal
  • Tiago Pereira
    Intensive Care Unit, Centro Hospitalar do Médio Tejo, Abrantes, Portugal
  • Nuno Catorze
    Intensive Care Unit, Centro Hospitalar do Médio Tejo, Abrantes, Portugal

Keywords

Colistin, Pseudomonas, multiple drug resistance

Abstract

The numbers of multiple drug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections are rising worldwide. The threat is increased by the lack of new antibiotics, so clinicians are turning to older drugs previously abandoned due to their recognized toxicity, such as colistin. However, the need to avoid kidney toxicity from colistin has led to its topical use. We present the case of a patient with type I cardiorenal syndrome with cystitis due to multiple drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa who was successfully treated with intravesical instillation of colistin.

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    Published: 2019-01-21
    Issue: Vol 6 No 1 (view)

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    Assis RE, Coelho I, Real A, França L, Araújo A, Pereira T, Catorze N. Intra-Vesical Colistin for Pseudomonas aeruginosa Urinary Tract Infections. EJCRIM 2019;6 doi:10.12890/2019_000996.

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