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Evolution of tigecycline- and colistin-resistant CRKP (carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ) in vivo and its persistence in the GI tract
9 Jul 2018
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Emergence of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) strains that also exhibit resistance to tigecycline and colistin have become a major clinical concern, as these two agents are the last-resort antibiotics used for treatment of CRKP infections. A leukemia patient infected with CRKP was subjected to follow-up analysis of variation in phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of CRKP strains isolated...
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