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. 2021 Dec 24:8:806849.
doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.806849. eCollection 2021.

Will There Ever Be Cure for Chronic, Life-Changing Colistin-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in Urinary Tract Infection?

Aye Mya Sithu Shein  1   2   3 , Parichart Hongsing  4   5 , Shuichi Abe  6 , Sirirat Luk-In  7 , Naveen Kumar Devanga Ragupathi  8   9   10 , Dhammika Leshan Wannigama  1   2   8   11 , Tanittha Chatsuwan  1   2
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Will There Ever Be Cure for Chronic, Life-Changing Colistin-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in Urinary Tract Infection?

Aye Mya Sithu Shein et al. Front Med (Lausanne). .
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Keywords: Klebsiella pneumoniae; biofilm infections; chronic infection; chronic urinary infection; colistin-resistant; colistin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae; urinary tract infection.

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Intrinsic chromosome-mediated and acquired plasmid-mediated colistin resistance mechanisms in Klebsiella pneumoniae togeetrh with biofilm formation in chronic, life-changing urinary tract infection.
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