Colistin antibiotics mode of action, uses and adverse effects Colistin-susceptible Enterobacter cloacae can harbor resistant bacterial colonies that are missed by diagnostic testing, increase in number when exposed to colistin, and cause lethal infections, according to a study today in Nature Microbiology.The authors say that multidrug-resistant Enterobacter species are a growing cause of hospital-acquired infections, with...
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Saturday, May 28, 2016
First discovery in United States of colistin resistance in a human E. coli infection
What causes antibiotic resistance? - Kevin Wu The Multidrug Resistant Organism Repository and Surveillance Network (MRSN) at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) characterized a transferrable gene for colistin resistance in the United States that may herald the emergence of truly pan-drug resistant bacteria.Colistin is the last agent used to combat bacteria that are resistant to the strongest antibiotics....
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