"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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2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2016 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
2017 | 38 | 21 | 59 |
2018 | 38 | 15 | 53 |
2019 | 16 | 7 | 23 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Colistin" by people in Profiles.
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Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) caused by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in patients with COVID-19: Two problems, one solution? Med Hypotheses. 2020 11; 144:110139.
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Simulating and forecasting the cumulative confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 in China by Boltzmann function-based regression analyses. J Infect. 2020 05; 80(5):578-606.
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Chinese medical personnel against the 2019-nCoV. J Infect. 2020 05; 80(5):578-606.
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[New antibiotics for severe infections due to multidrug-resistant pathogens : Definitive treatment and escalation]. Anaesthesist. 2019 11; 68(11):785-800.
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Systemic pharmacokinetics and safety of high doses of nebulized colistimethate sodium in critically ill patients with hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2019 11 01; 74(11):3268-3273.
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Multicenter Evaluation of Colistin Broth Disk Elution and Colistin Agar Test: a Report from the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute. J Clin Microbiol. 2019 11; 57(11).
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Emergence of Escherichia coli harbouring mcr-1 and mcr-3 genes in North West Algerian farmlands. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2020 06; 21:132-137.
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Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae with low chlorhexidine susceptibility. Lancet Infect Dis. 2019 09; 19(9):932-933.
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Intravenous colistin use for infections due to MDR Gram-negative bacilli in critically ill paediatric patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2019 09 01; 74(9):2497-2506.
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Evaluation of rapid colistin susceptibility directly from positive blood cultures using a flow cytometry assay. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2019 Dec; 54(6):820-823.