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Mutations in the two component regulator systems PmrAB and PhoPQ give rise to increased colistin resistance in Citrobacter and Enterobacter spp.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Apr 2020
Wand Matthew E, Sutton J Mark
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Introduction. Colistin is a last resort antibiotic for treating infections caused by carbapenem-resistant isolates. Mechanisms of resistance to colistin have been widely described in Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli but have yet to be characterized in Citrobacter and Enterobacter species.Aim. To identify the causative mutations leading to generation of colistin resistance in Citrobacter and Enterobacter...
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