Prevalence of insertion sequence elements in plasmids relating to mgrB gene disruption causing colistin resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae
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DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.1262
Abstract: Colistin is a last resort antibiotic for the treatment of carbapenemase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae. The disruption of the mgrB gene by insertion sequences (ISs) is a mechanism mediating colistin resistance. Plasmids encode mobilizable IS elements… read more here.
Keywords: mgrb gene; pneumoniae; gene; colistin resistance ... See more keywords