The more we use antibiotics, the more we lose antibiotics.   A young male patient with diagnosis of sepsis secondary to pneumonia was referred to us from another hospital. On reviewing his lab investigation reports, microbial culture reports of sputum, blood, and urine were missing. Chest X ray of the …

The comeback of colistin as “salvage therapy” for multi-drug resistant pathogens is on the rise. Colistin (also known as polymyxin E) belongs to the polymyxin group of antibiotics.1 It is available in two forms, colistin sulfate and colistimethate sodium (CMS).2 In our country, colistin is available as colistimethate sodium (CMS) …