Difficulty in detecting low levels of polymyxin resistance in clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates: evaluation of Rapid Polymyxin NP test, Colispot Test and SuperPolymyxin medium
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DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100722
Abstract: Polymyxins are important therapeutic options for treating infections, mainly those caused by carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. Specific chemical characteristics of polymyxins make it difficult to perform antimicrobial susceptibility testing, especially within the clinical laboratory. Here we… read more here.
Keywords: medium; rapid polymyxin; superpolymyxin; colispot ... See more keywords