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Clinical relevance, mechanisms, and evolution of polymyxin B heteroresistance carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae: A genomic, retrospective cohort study
1 Feb 2024
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OBJECTIVES: To study the clinical relevance, mechanisms, and evolution of polymyxin B (POLB) heteroresistance (PHR) in carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP), potentially leading to a significant rise in POLB full resistant (FR) CRKP. METHODS: Total of 544 CRKP isolates from 154 patients treated with POLB were categorized into PHR and POLB non-heteroresistance (NHR) groups. We performed statistical...
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