From: Intravenous Colistin in the treatment of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter in neonates
Preterm <37 weeks | 18 (86 %) |
Gestational age—median (range) | 33 (26–40) |
Birth weight—mean (range) | 1700 (800–3600) |
VLBW | 9 (43 %) |
Male gender | 13 (62 %) |
Pre-eclampsia | 3 (14 %) |
PROM | 3 (14 %) |
Cesarean section | 16 (76 %) |
Apgar scores- mean (range) (min) | |
1 | 7 (3–8) |
5 | 9 (7–9) |
CLABSI number (%) | 14 (67 %) |
Late sepsis number (%) | 21 (100 %) |
Mean age at sepsis (days) | 10 (4–30) |
Carpapenems resistance (%) | 19 (90 %) |
Day of sepsis Colistin started | 2.5 (1–6) |
Treatment duration (days) | 17(10–21) |
Dose U/kg/day | 70,000 (30,000–75,000) |
Day of microbiological clearance—mean (range) | 3 (1–8) |
Mortality (%) | 2 (9.5 %) |