| Literature DB >> 21041507 |
Carl Urban1, Hemavarna Tiruvury, Noriel Mariano, Rita Colon-Urban, James J Rahal.
Abstract
A surveillance study to identify patients from the community with Escherichia coli resistant to broad-spectrum cephalosporins discovered two isolates that were also resistant to polymyxin B and colistin. One isolate from a patient in the community and a second from a patient who received multiple courses of polymyxin B also possessed a CTX-M-15 enzyme. Resistance to cationic peptides in E. coli is unusual, and testing for susceptibility to these agents should be performed.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 21041507 PMCID: PMC3019679 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01088-10
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191