No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript. There are two forms of colistin available in the market: colistin sulfate (tablets or syrup for oral use and powder for ...

A study published this week in The Lancet Microbe shows that, despite global concerns about resistance, the last-resort antibiotic colistin is still being traded and widely used for growth promotion ...

Global epidemiological trend of Klebsiella pneumoniae ST340: emergence of subclade KL15 co-producing K pneumoniae ...

1 College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China 2 Henan Vocational College of Agriculture, Zhengzhou, China Colistin (88%) was purchased from Hebei Shengxue Dacheng ...

Dr Scott had a hard-hitting slide that showed a culture result from a man who had a multi-resistance bacteria that was only ...

Mobile colistin-resistance (MCR) genes were found in 2 E coli isolates (MCR-1.1) and 5 K pneumoniae isolates (MCR-8.1 and MCR ...

Colistin is a last-resort antibiotic that is usually only used for severe infections with resistant bacteria. This is due to its severe kidney-damaging side effects, which occur in about 30% of ...

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