Detection of Colistin Resistance in Salmonella enterica Using MALDIxin Test on the Routine MALDI Biotyper Sirius Mass Spectrometer

Resistance to polymyxins in most Gram-negative bacteria arises from chemical modifications to the lipid A portion of their lipopolysaccharide (LPS) mediated by chromosomally encoded mutations or the recently discovered plasmid-encoded mcr genes that have further complicated the landscape of colistin...

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Main Authors: Laurent Dortet, Rémy A. Bonnin, Simon Le Hello, Laetitia Fabre, Richard Bonnet, Markus Kostrzewa, Alain Filloux, Gerald Larrouy-Maumus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01141/full