Abstract:Acinetobacter baumanniicauses life-threatening infections that are becoming difficult to treat due to increasing rates of multi-drug resistance (MDR) among clinical isolates. This has led the World Health Organization and the CDC to categorize MDRA. baumanniias a top priority for the research and development of new antibiotics. Colistin is the last-resort antibiotic to treat carbapenem-resistantA. baumannii. Not surprisingly, reintroduction of colistin has resulted in the emergence of colistin-resistant strain… Show more
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