Table 1.
Critically ill patients treated with colistin: clinical characteristics and outcome
| Patient | Age (years) | Sex | APACHE II score | Underlying disease | Infection | Pathogen | Response, outcome |
| 1 | 34 | M | 21 | Trauma, ARDS | VAP | P. aeruginosa | Initial response, Death |
| 2 | 22 | M | 17 | Trauma | VAP | P. aeruginosa | Response |
| 3 | 27 | M | 14 | Trauma | VAP | P. aeruginosa | Response |
| 4 | 36 | F | 23 | Burns, MOF (three organs) | VAP | P. aeruginosa | No response, death |
| 5 | 25 | F | 22 | Trauma, ARDS | VAP | P. aeruginosa | No response, death |
| 6 | 47 | M | 13 | Trauma | VAP | P. aeruginosa | Response |
| 7 | 64 | M | 17 | Trauma | VAP | P. aeruginosa | Response |
| 8 | 52 | F | 16 | Trauma | VAP | P. aeruginosa | Response |
| 9 | 29 | M | 26 | Pancreatitis, MOF (three organs) | VAP | P. aeruginosa | Initial response, death |
| 10 | 38 | M | 14 | Subarachnoid hemorrhage | VAP | P. aeruginosa | Response |
| 11 | 66 | M | 28 | Head and neck cancer, surgery, MOF (three organs) | VAP | P. aeruginosa | No response, death |
| 12 | 34 | F | 16 | Trauma | VAP | Acinetobacter spp. | Response |
| 13 | 80 | M | 21 | Sternotomy, ARDS | VAP | Acinetobacter spp. | Response |
| 14 | 43 | M | 19 | Trauma | VAP | Acinetobacter spp. | Response |
| 15 | 28 | F | 24 | Morbid obesity, bowel resection | VAP | Acinetobacter spp. | No response, death |
| 16 | 20 | F | 17 | Trauma | Post-traumatic meningitis | Acinetobacter spp. | Response |
| Sinusitis | P. aeruginosa | ||||||
| Urosepsis | P. aeruginosa | ||||||
| 17 | 61 | M | 20 | Trauma | Catheter-related sepsis | P. aeruginosa | Response |
| 18 | 35 | M | 14 | Trauma | Catheter-related sepsis | P. aeruginosa | Response |
| 19 | 62 | M | 29 | Trauma, MOF (two organs), CVVHD | Catheter-related sepsis | P. aeruginosa | No response, death |
| 20 | 64 | F | 28 | Burns, MOF (two organs), CVVHD | Sepsis of unknown primary origin | P. aeruginosa | No response, death |
| 21 | 73 | M | 32 | Cancer of the colon, bowel resection, MOF (four organs) | Sepsis of unknown primary origin | P. aeruginosa | Initial response, death |
| 22 | 29 | M | 14 | Trauma | Sepsis of unknown primary origin | P. aeruginosa | Response |
| 23 | 20 | M | 22 | Trauma, crush syndrome, CVVHD | Empyema thoracis | P. aeruginosa | No response, death |
| 24 | 74 | M | 28 | Aneurysm of the abdominal aorta, elective operation | Sepsis of unknown primary origin | Acinetobacter spp. | Initial response, death |
F, female; M, male; MOF, multiple organ failure; CVVHD, continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration.