Cyclic polypeptide antibiotic from Bacillus colistinus. It is composed of Polymyxins E1 and E2 (or Colistins A, B, and C) which act as detergents on cell membranes. Colistin is less toxic than Polymyxin B, but otherwise similar; the methanesulfonate is used orally.
For the treatment of acute or chronic infections due to sensitive strains of certain gram-negative bacilli, particularly Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Evangelismos University Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece
General Hospital of Volos Thessaly, Volos, Thessaly, Greece
University Hospital of Larisa, Larisa, Greece/Thessaly, Greece
Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Entasis Research Site 2, Ankara, Turkey
Entasis Research Site 3, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
Entasis Research Site, Trabzon, Turkey
National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States
Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France
Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht,, Utrecht, Netherlands
Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
Hospital Barros Luco Trudeau, Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile
Hospital de Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt, Chile
University Hospital of Zurich, Dept. of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Zurich, ZH, Switzerland
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