"Polymyxins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Basic lipopeptide antibiotic group obtained from Bacillus polymyxa. They affect the cell membrane by detergent action and may cause neuromuscular and kidney damage. At least eleven different members of the polymyxin group have been identified, each designated by a letter.
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D011113
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.345.566.780 D10.477.750 D12.644.050.600 D12.644.641.780 D12.776.543.695.054.600
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Polymyxins" by people in Profiles.
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Multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae: genetic diversity, mechanisms of resistance to polymyxins and clinical outcomes in a tertiary teaching hospital in Brazil. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 2019 Jun 19; 61:e29.
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Modulation of antibiotic sensitivity and biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by interspecies signal analogues. Nat Commun. 2019 05 27; 10(1):2334.
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Resistome Analysis of a Carbapenemase (OXA-48)-Producing and Colistin-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Strain. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2018 05; 62(5).
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mcr-3 and mcr-4 Variants in Carbapenemase-Producing Clinical Enterobacteriaceae Do Not Confer Phenotypic Polymyxin Resistance. J Clin Microbiol. 2018 03; 56(3).
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Genomics and Susceptibility Profiles of Extensively Drug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from Spain. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2017 11; 61(11).
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Evolution of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa mutational resistome in an international Cystic Fibrosis clone. Sci Rep. 2017 07 17; 7(1):5555.
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Colistin resistance gene mcr-1 harboured on a multidrug resistant plasmid. Lancet Infect Dis. 2016 Mar; 16(3):283-4.