TABLE 1

Frequency and efficacy of antibiotics used as first-line eradication regimens

	Nebulised colistimethate sodium (3 months) and:					No nebulised colistimethate sodium
	Cipro. (≤3 weeks)	Cipro. (>3 weeks)	IV (2 weeks)	Cipro.+IV	Nothing else	Cipro.	IV	Cipro.+IV
Patients	8	27	13	5	1	6	2	2
Success	6 (75)	15 (55.5)	7 (54)	2 (40)	1 (100)	1 (17)	0 (0)	1 (50)
Total	31/54 (57)					2/10 (20)

Data is presented as n, n (%) or n/n (%). Cipro.: ciprofloxacin; IV: intravenous anti-pseudomonal antibiotics.