Abstract
Colistin is one of the antibiotics of last resort for the treatment of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infection. This study showed that capsular type K64 (50%) and ST11 (53.9%) are the prevalent capsular and sequence types in the colistin-resistant strains in Taiwan. The interruption of transcripts (38.5%) and amino acid mutation (15.4%) in mgrB are the major mechanisms contributing to colistin resistance. In addition, novel single amino acid changes in MgrB (Stop48Tyr) and PhoQ (Leu26Pro) were observed to contribute to colistin resistance.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2909-2913 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 01 05 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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