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Lack of lung tissue penetration after intravenous colistimethate administration: reply to Imberti

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  1. Department of Pharmacology, Avicenne Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Bobigny, France

    Olivier Petitjean

  2. Multidisciplinary Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, La Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Paris, France

    Qin Lu & Jean-Jacques Rouby

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Petitjean, O., Lu, Q. & Rouby, JJ. Lack of lung tissue penetration after intravenous colistimethate administration: reply to Imberti. Intensive Care Med 36, 1796–1797 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-010-1961-y

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