Objective from this study to compare the clinical outcomes and safety between colistin and tigecycline for multi-drug resistant gram negative bacteria.
Study will be in Beni-Suef university hospital. Group I: 66 patients received intravenous colistin 300 mg colistin base activity (CBA) as loading dose, followed by 2.5-5mg/kg/day of CBA in 2 divided doses as a maintenance dose in intensive care unit to treat their MDR infection and group 2 contains 66 patients received intravenous tigecycline100 mg single dose as loading dose, followed by 25-50 mg every 12 hours maintenance dose in intensive care unit to treat their MDR infection
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
132
compare the clinical outcomes and safety between colistin and tigecycline for multi-drug-resistant gram-negative bacteria.
compare the clinical outcomes and safety between colistin and tigecycline for multi-drug-resistant gram-negative bacteria.
Pharmacy
Cairo, Egypt
comparison clinical success between colistin and tigecycline
the disappearance of clinical signs and symptoms as normalization of leukocyte counts and resolution of fever after receiving colistin and tigecycline
Time frame: 6 months
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