EPISODE · Nov 19, 2015 · 13 MIN
Podcast 190: Last line of antibiotic defense breached
from Clinical Conversations · host NEJM Group
The Lancet Infectious Diseases has just published a worrying account from China about a dangerous antibiotic resistance factor carried on plasmids. The factor, called MCR-1, confers resistance to colistin — a last line of defense against multi-resistant Gram-negative bacilli. The co-author of a helpful commentary in that journal, Dr. David L. Paterson of the University of Queensland in Brisbane, is our guest. Lancet Infectious Diseases article (free abstract) Lancet Infectious Diseases commentary (free abstract) Physician’s First Watch coverage (free) The post Podcast 190: Last line of antibiotic defense breached first appeared on Clinical Conversations.
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The Lancet Infectious Diseases has just published a worrying account from China about a dangerous antibiotic resistance factor carried on plasmids. The factor, called MCR-1, confers resistance to colistin — a last line of defense against multi-resistant Gram-negative bacilli. The co-author of a helpful commentary in that journal, Dr. David L. Paterson of the University of […]
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