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COLISTIN - Colistin, also known as polymyxin E, is an antibiotic produced by certain strains of the bacteria Paenibacillus polymyxa. Colistin is a mixture of th...
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An antibiotic produced by the bacterium Bacillus polymyxa or B. colistinus that is effective against a wide range of gram-negative bacteria and is used especially in the treatment of infections of the gastrointestinal tract. |
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Colistin, also known as polymyxin E, is an antibiotic produced by certain strains of the bacteria Paenibacillus polymyxa. Colistin is a mixture of the cyclic polypeptides colistin A and B and belongs to the class of polypeptide antibiotics known as polymyxins. Colistin is effective against most Gram-negative bacilli. * Colistin is a decades-old drug that fell out of favor in human medicine due to its kidney toxicity. It remains one of the last-resort antibiotics for multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Acinetobacter. NDM-1 metallo--lactamase multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae have also shown susceptibility to colistin.Resistance to colistin in human pathogens is rare. The first colistin-resistance gene in a plasmid which can be transferred between bacterial strains was found in 2011 in China and became publicly known in November 2015. The presence of this plasmid-borne mcr-1 gene was confirmed starting December 2015 in SE-Asia, several European coun |