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Emergence of Colistin-Resistance in Extremely Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Containing a Novel pmrCAB Operon During Colistin Therapy of Wound Infections
Author(s) -
Emil Lesho,
Eun-Jeong Yoon,
Patrick McGann,
Erik Snesrud,
Yoon I. Kwak,
Michael Milillo,
Fatma Onmus-Leone,
Lan N. Preston,
Kristina St. Clair,
Mikeljon P. Nikolich,
Helen B. Viscount,
Glenn Wortmann,
Michael Zapor,
Catherine GrillotCourvalin,
Patrice Courvalin,
Robert Clifford,
Paige Waterman
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases (online. university of chicago press)/the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jit293
Subject(s) - colistin , acinetobacter baumannii , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , antibiotics , drug resistance , antibiotic resistance , bacteria , pseudomonas aeruginosa , genetics
Colistin resistance is of concern since it is increasingly needed to treat infections caused by bacteria resistant to all other antibiotics and has been associated with poorer outcomes. Longitudinal data from in vivo series are sparse.

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