Emergence of colistin resistance in multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli strains isolated from cancer patients

Emergence of colistin resistance in multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli strains isolated from cancer patients

Abstract Background Colistin resistance is mainly driven by alterations in the Gram-negative outer membrane lipopolysaccharides and is caused, in most cases, by mutations in mgrB gene. However, the recent emergence of plasmid-encoded colistin resistance among Enterobacteriaceae strains represents a...

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Main Authors: Mai M. Zafer, Hadir A. El-Mahallawy, Asmaa Abdulhak, Magdy A. Amin, Mohamed H. Al-Agamy, Hesham H. Radwan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
Subjects:
Colistin-resistance
mcr-1
mcr-2
mgrB
Escherichia coli
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12941-019-0339-4

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12941-019-0339-4

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