colistin
noun
co·lis·tin
kə-ˈli-stən 
kō-
: a polymyxin produced by a bacterium (Bacillus polymyxa var. colistinus) from Japanese soil
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But even the colistin was not effective against the bacteria.
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Jess Craig, Vox, 16 Aug. 2024
About a decade ago, doctors needing a last-resort antibiotic turned to an old but still-effective antibiotic called colistin to cure highly resistant infections.
—Wired, 19 Sep. 2019
While India’s drugs technical advisory board, part of the ministry of health and family welfare, has recommended that colistin and other antimicrobials should not be used in agriculture, there is no formal ban.
—Ranjit Devraj, Quartz India, 23 July 2019
The researchers also sequenced the genomes of bacteria resisting colistin and those susceptible to it.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 9 Mar. 2018
In fact, the bacteria is resistant to the last-resort antibiotic colistin.
—Reuters, Newsweek, 26 May 2016
Across the world, researchers in China have documented colistin-resistant Shigella flexneri, a form of bacteria that causes severe diarrhea and was discovered on a pig farm.
—Matthew Wellington, STAT, 19 Mar. 2018
Researchers at Emory University found that a common type of resistant bacteria, Klebsiella pneumoniae, can mask resistance to colistin.
—Matthew Wellington, STAT, 19 Mar. 2018
This isn’t the first time scientists have identified bacterial heteroresistance to colistin.
—Betsy McKay, WSJ, 6 Mar. 2018
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Jess Craig, Vox, 16 Aug. 2024
About a decade ago, doctors needing a last-resort antibiotic turned to an old but still-effective antibiotic called colistin to cure highly resistant infections.
—Wired, 19 Sep. 2019
While India’s drugs technical advisory board, part of the ministry of health and family welfare, has recommended that colistin and other antimicrobials should not be used in agriculture, there is no formal ban.
—Ranjit Devraj, Quartz India, 23 July 2019
The researchers also sequenced the genomes of bacteria resisting colistin and those susceptible to it.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 9 Mar. 2018
In fact, the bacteria is resistant to the last-resort antibiotic colistin.
—Reuters, Newsweek, 26 May 2016
Across the world, researchers in China have documented colistin-resistant Shigella flexneri, a form of bacteria that causes severe diarrhea and was discovered on a pig farm.
—Matthew Wellington, STAT, 19 Mar. 2018
Researchers at Emory University found that a common type of resistant bacteria, Klebsiella pneumoniae, can mask resistance to colistin.
—Matthew Wellington, STAT, 19 Mar. 2018
This isn’t the first time scientists have identified bacterial heteroresistance to colistin.
—Betsy McKay, WSJ, 6 Mar. 2018
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colistin
noun
co·lis·tin
kə-ˈlis-tən, kō-
: a polymyxin produced by a bacterium of the genus Bacillus (B. polymyxa var. colistinus) and used against some gram-negative pathogens especially of the genera Pseudomonas, Escherichia, Klebsiella, and Shigella
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