title: Colistin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae bacteraemia: real-life challenges and options.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brazil; Division of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Hospital Universitário Evangélico de Curitiba, Brazil. Electronic address: flptuon@gmail.com.
authors.forename: F F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Tuon
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brazil.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brazil.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Hospital Universitário Evangélico de Curitiba, Brazil.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.affiliation: Division of Microbiology, Frischmann Aisengart/DASA Medicina Diagnóstica, Brazil.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cieslinsk
authors.affiliation: Division of Microbiology, Frischmann Aisengart/DASA Medicina Diagnóstica, Brazil.
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Hospital Universitário Evangélico de Curitiba, Brazil; Laboratório Central do Estado LACEN-PR, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Arend
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality; D003091:Colistin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D003091:Colistin
keywords: Carbapenems; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemases; meropenem; polymyxin; sepsis; tigecycline