Evaluation of a novel epidemiological screening approach for detection of colistin resistant human Enterobacteriaceae isolates using a selective SuperPolymyxin medium

Julija Germ; Katja Seme; Tjaša Cerar Kišek; Tjaša Teržan; Manica Mueller Premru; Veronika Križan Hergouth; Nataša Švent Kučina; Mateja Pirš

doi:10.1016/j.mimet.2019.03.011

Evaluation of a novel epidemiological screening approach for detection of colistin resistant human Enterobacteriaceae isolates using a selective SuperPolymyxin medium

J Microbiol Methods. 2019 May:160:117-123. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2019.03.011. Epub 2019 Apr 4.

Authors

Julija Germ¹, Katja Seme², Tjaša Cerar Kišek², Tjaša Teržan², Manica Mueller Premru², Veronika Križan Hergouth², Nataša Švent Kučina², Mateja Pirš²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Electronic address: julija.germ@mf.uni-lj.si.
² Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

PMID: 30954500
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2019.03.011

No abstract available

Keywords: Colistin resistance; Enterobacteriaceae; Modified epidemiological screening approach; SuperPolymyxin medium; Surveillance screening of colistin resistance; mcr genes.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Colistin / therapeutic use
Cross Infection / epidemiology*
Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
Enterobacteriaceae / isolation & purification*
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / epidemiology*
Humans
Mass Screening / methods
Prospective Studies
Slovenia / epidemiology

Substances

Colistin