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Prevalence of Genes Involved in Colistin Resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii: First Report from Iraq.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jun 2020
Al-Kadmy Israa M S, Ibrahim Susan A, Al-Saryi Nadal, Aziz Sarah Naji, Besinis Alexandros, Hetta Helal F
Abstract excerpt
Background and Aim: Colistin is increasingly being used as a "last-line" therapy to treat infections caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii isolates, when essentially no other options are available in these days. The aim of this study was to detect genes associated with colistin resistance in A. baumannii. Methods: One hundred twenty-one isolates of A. baumannii were collected from clinical...
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