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. 1977 Dec;12(6):655-9.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.12.6.655.

Polymyxin B and rifampin: new regimen for multiresistant Serratia marcescens infections

R C Ostenson, B T Fields, C M Nolan

Polymyxin B and rifampin: new regimen for multiresistant Serratia marcescens infections

R C Ostenson et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1977 Dec.

Abstract

Polymyxin B and rifampin were given to 12 patients with multi-drug-resistant nosocomial Serratia marcescens infections. Eight cures were achieved; drug hepatotoxicity occurred once; one fatal suprainfection was encountered; and two patients died during therapy of causes related to severe underlying illnesses. Polymyxin B and rifampin were uniformly synergistic in vitro against the infecting strains and against 40 additional clinical isolates of S. marcescens.

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