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Intestinal carriage of colistin resistant Enterobacteriaceae in hospitalized patients from an Indian center.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 May 2020
Palani Gnana Soundari, Ghafur Abdul, Krishnan Padma, Rayvathy B, Thirunarayan M A
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There is limited data on the gut colonization rate of colistin resistant (Col-R) bacteria in patients and healthy volunteers in India. Aim of this study was to investigate the stool carriage rate of Col-R in hospitalized patients. Stool samples were inoculated in Eosin Methylene Blue agar plates supplemented with colistin. Colistin minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) were determined by the broth...
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