title: Feasibility of aerosolized colistin in the era of escalating drug-resistant Pseudomonas pneumonia: pressing need for validation clinical trials.
authors.forename: Amar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Safdar
mesh_terms: D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003091:Colistin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D003091:Colistin
references.citation: J Aerosol Med Pulm Drug Deliv. 2008 Mar;21(1):71-6
references.pmid: 18518833
references.citation: Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2010 Feb;35(2):194-9
references.pmid: 20006471
references.citation: N Engl J Med. 1962 Apr 12;266:759-62
references.pmid: 14008070
references.citation: Intensive Care Med. 2010 Jul;36(7):1147-55
references.pmid: 20397007
references.citation: J Antimicrob Chemother. 2009 Mar;63(3):534-42
references.pmid: 19147523
references.citation: Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2002 Nov 15;166(10):1375-81
references.pmid: 12406838
references.citation: Expert Opin Drug Saf. 2009 Jul;8(4):435-49
references.pmid: 19538104
references.citation: Crit Care. 2006;10(4):R123
references.pmid: 16934148
references.citation: J Infect Dis. 1999 May;179(5):1190-6
references.pmid: 10191222
references.citation: Transplantation. 1997 Sep 15;64(5):748-52
references.pmid: 9311714
references.citation: Intensive Care Med. 2009 Jan;35(1):9-29
references.pmid: 18989656
references.citation: Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2009 Mar;28(3):253-9
references.pmid: 18752007