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Colistin Resistance among Gram Negative Organisms; an Evolving Problem from Tertiary Care Hospital, Pakistan 2014

Tuba Bashir1 and Altaf Ahmed1
  • 1 The Indus Hospital, Pakistan

Abstract

This Study was design to report the evolving Colistin Resistant Gram Negative Organisms from Pakistan in 2014. From 885 isolates of hospitalized patients, 03 Colistin resistant isolates were reported, 02 were Escherichia coli and 01 was Acinetobacter specie. Colistin of all three isolates was tested by Disk diffusion method, MIC by Phoenix 100 (BD) and E-strip. This report contributes a useful addition in literature of Gram Negative Organisms Susceptibility pattern reported from Pakistan, as Colistin is extensively used for the treatment of Multi drug resistant Gram Negative’s in hospital settings.

Current Research in Microbiology
Volume 7 No. 1, 2016, 29-31

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajmsp.2016.29.31

Submitted On: 2 June 2015 Published On: 15 March 2016

How to Cite: Bashir, T. & Ahmed, A. (2016). Colistin Resistance among Gram Negative Organisms; an Evolving Problem from Tertiary Care Hospital, Pakistan 2014. Current Research in Microbiology, 7(1), 29-31. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajmsp.2016.29.31

Open AccessCopyright: © 2016 Tuba Bashir and Altaf Ahmed. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Keywords

  • Colistin Resistance
  • Gram Negative Organisms
  • Pakistan