The Treatment of Gram-negative Bacillary Infections with Colistin
Authors: F. ROBERT FEKETY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1962)

Article1 August 1962The Treatment of Gram-negative Bacillary Infections with ColistinThe Toxicity and Efficacy of Large Doses in Forty-eight PatientsF. ROBERT FEKETY JR., M.D., PHILIP S. NORMAN, M.D., LEIGHTON E. CLUFF, M.D.F. ROBERT FEKETY JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this author, PHILIP S. NORMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, LEIGHTON E. CLUFF, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-57-2-214 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSepticemia and chronic urinary tract infections caused by Gram-negative bacilli rarely respond dramatically to antibacterial therapy. There are several reasons for this. First, and perhaps of paramount importance, is the clinical setting of impaired local or systemic resistance in which these infections usually occur. The appearance of infection in such patients is a signal that defense mechanisms vital to the control of organisms with little pathogenicity have been tested and found wanting. In these circumstances, only highly effective counter-measures will lead to a bactriologic cure. A second factor, then, is the relative insensitivity of these organisms to the commonly employed...References1. CARROLLMALETTE GWF: The use of colymycin in chronic urinary infections due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J. Urol. 85: 86, 1961. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. HALL JW: Colistin. Analysis of a new antibiotic in 44 cases of systemic Gram-negative infection. Amer. J. Med. Set. 240: 561, 1960. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. MCCABEJACKSON WRGG: Treatment of chronic pyelonephritis. III. Comparison of several drugs combined and one member of the combination, colistin. Amer. J. Med. Sci. 240: 754, 1960. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Supported by a grant from the Warner-Lambert Research Institute, Morris Plains, New Jersey; and in part by a contract between the United States Army Chemical Corps, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland, and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; and by training grant 2E-9, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.Dr. Norman is a career research development awardee, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, United States Public Health Service.Requests for reprints should be addressed to F. Robert Fekety, M.D., Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 601 North Broadway, Baltimore 5, Maryland. 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