Molecular mechanisms and prevalence of colistin resistance of Klebsiella pneumoniae in the Middle East region: A review over the last 5 years

The increasing prevalence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Klebsiella pneumoniae is a serious clinical and public health problem, and colistin is the last-resort treatment option for MDR infections. However, resistance to colistin has been increasingly reported in the world, such as the Middle East regi...

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Main Authors: Parisa Aris, Saeedeh Robatjazi, Farhad Nikkhahi, Seyed Mahmoud Amin Marashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213716520301545