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Selection of colistin-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates in postneurosurgical meningitis in an intensive care unit with high presence of heteroresistance to colistin.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Oct 2009
Rodriguez Carlos Hernan, Hernan Rodriguez Carlos, Bombicino Karina, Karina Bombicino, Granados Gabriela, Gabriela Granados, Nastro Marcela, Marcela Nastro, Vay Carlos, Carlos Vay, Famiglietti Angela, Angela Famiglietti
Abstract excerpt
Colistin heteroresistance in Acinetobacter baumannii (Ab) has been reported, but the clinical impact and the antimicrobial treatment have not been established yet. We observed the selection intratreatment with colistin of Ab colistin-resistant strains from a colistin-heteroresistant isolate in on...
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