"Colistin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Cyclic polypeptide antibiotic from Bacillus colistinus. It is composed of Polymyxins E1 and E2 (or Colistins A, B, and C) which act as detergents on cell membranes. Colistin is less toxic than Polymyxin B, but otherwise similar; the methanesulfonate is used orally.
| Descriptor ID |
D003091
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.345.566.780.110 D10.477.750.110 D12.644.050.600.110 D12.644.641.780.110 D12.776.543.695.054.600.110
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| Concept/Terms |
Colistin- Colistin
- Colisticin
- Polymyxin E
- Colimycin
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Colistin" by people in Profiles.
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The impact of colistin-based regimens on mortality compared to other antimicrobials in patients with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales bacteremia in South African hospitals: a cross-sectional study. BMC Infect Dis. 2024 Jun 05; 24(1):561.
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Acinetobacter baumannii complex, national laboratory-based surveillance in South Africa, 2017 to 2019. PLoS One. 2022; 17(8):e0271355.
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Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in patients with bacteraemia at tertiary academic hospitals in South Africa, 2019 - 2020: An update. S Afr Med J. 2022 08 01; 112(8):542-552.
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The use of polymyxins to treat carbapenem resistant infections in neonates and children. Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2019 03; 20(4):415-422.
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Emergence of OXA-48 and OXA-181 carbapenemases among Enterobacteriaceae in South Africa and evidence of in vivo selection of colistin resistance as a consequence of selective decontamination of the gastrointestinal tract. J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Jan; 51(1):369-72.