Plasmid-mediated colistin resistance mechanisms: is it time to revise our approach to selective digestive decontamination?

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¹ National Institute for Health Research, Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Campus, London W12 0NN, UK. Electronic address: timothy.rawson07@ic.ac.uk.
² National Institute for Health Research, Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Campus, London W12 0NN, UK.
³ Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.
⁴ National Institute for Health Research, Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Campus, London W12 0NN, UK; Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.

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Timothy Miles Rawson et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2016 Feb.

. 2016 Feb;16(2):149-50.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00539-3. Epub 2016 Jan 26.

¹ National Institute for Health Research, Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Campus, London W12 0NN, UK. Electronic address: timothy.rawson07@ic.ac.uk.
² National Institute for Health Research, Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Campus, London W12 0NN, UK.
³ Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.
⁴ National Institute for Health Research, Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Campus, London W12 0NN, UK; Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.

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