Colistin and rifampicin compared with colistin alone for the treatment of serious infections due to extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: a multicenter, randomized clinical trial.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on April 24, 2013

Authors

Emanuele Durante-Mangoni1, Giuseppe Signoriello, Roberto Andini, Annunziata Mattei, Maria De Cristoforo, Patrizia Murino, Matteo Bassetti, Paolo Malacarne, Nicola Petrosillo, Nicola Galdieri, Paola Mocavero, Antonio Corcione, Claudio Viscoli, Raffaele Zarrilli, Ciro Gallo, Riccardo Utili

Author Affiliations

1: Internal Medicine Section, Department of Cardiothoracic Sciences, University of Naples S.U.N. and AORN Ospedali dei Colli, Monaldi Hospital, Italy.

Associated clinical trials:

Colistin and Rifampicin for MDR-Acinetobacter (CoRAb) | NCT01577862

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