Performance of polymyxin B Etest in a setting of high prevalence of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae

Performance of polymyxin B Etest in a setting of high prevalence of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae

Objectives: Polymyxin resistance has been increasing in many regions, and appropriate determination of polymyxin susceptibility is now a major challenge worldwide. Many clinical laboratories rely on gradient diffusion methods to assess polymyxin susceptibility, although broth microdilution (BMD) is...

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Main Authors: Alexandre P. Zavascki, Cibele Massotti Magagnin, Priscila Lamb Wink, Vanessa Pimentel de Oliveira, Aline Gabrielle Nunes, Thaysa Guglieri Krummer, Valério Rodrigues Aquino, Afonso Luís Barth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
Subjects:
Broth microdilution
Carbapenem resistance
Colistin
Gradient test
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Polymyxin B
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