1610
type: MedicalGuidelineRecommendation
type: EssentialMedicineRecommendation
recognizing authority: World Health Organization
guideline date: 2023-04-28
guideline subject: TherapeuticProcedure
  code: MedicalCode
    code value: J01XB01
    coding system: ATC
  drug: colistin (injection)
  indication: Carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae
evidence origin: {"raw":[{"type":"p","children":[{"text":"Following the review of the age-appropriateness of formulations on the EMLc, the Expert Committee recommended the listing for colistin on the EML and EMLc be amended to include also the equivalent strength in colistin base activity."}],"id":"Fq4n8ODq6B"}],"html":" Following the review of the age-appropriateness of formulations on the EMLc, the Expert Committee recommended the listing for colistin on the EML and EMLc be amended to include also the equivalent strength in colistin base activity.<\/p>"}
section: 6.2.3. Reserve group antibiotics
  type: Section
  parent item: 6.2. Antibacterials
    type: Section
    parent item: 6. Anti-infective medicines
drug unit: Parenteral > General injections > unspecified: 1 million IU in vial (as colistemethate sodium) (equivalent to 34 mg colistin base activity)
patent information: Patents have expired in most jurisdictions
list: ComplementaryList
population: Population
  age: AdolescentAndAdult
  age: Children
  age: Newborn
  sex: Female
  sex: Male
  condition: Carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae
included in emlc: true
status for indication: AddedToEml
history: DecisionToAdd
  guideline date: 2023-04-28
  list: ComplementaryList
history: DecisionToAdd
  guideline date: 2023-04-28
  list: ComplementaryList
history: DecisionToAdd
  guideline date: 2019-04-05
  list: ComplementaryList
therapeutic equivalence in class: false

colistin (injection)
type: Drug
type: Medicine
non proprietary name: colistin
active ingredient: colistin
ingredient: colistin
drug unit: Parenteral > General injections > unspecified: 1 million IU in vial (as colistemethate sodium)
drug unit: Parenteral > General injections > unspecified: 1 million IU in vial (as colistemethate sodium) (equivalent to 34 mg colistin base activity)
guideline: 719
guideline: 1159
guideline: 1160
guideline: 1161
guideline: 1609
guideline: 1610
status: AddedToEml
antibiotic stewardship group: KeyAccessGroup
antibiotic stewardship group: ReserveGroup

Carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae
type: MedicalIndication
code: MedicalCode
  code value: MG50.54
  coding system: ICD-11