On the path to untreatable infections: colistin use in agriculture and the end of 'last resort' antibiotics

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2016 Sep;14(9):785-8. doi: 10.1080/14787210.2016.1216314. Epub 2016 Jul 31.

Richard R Watkins^{1

2}, Tara C Smith³, Robert A Bonomo^{4

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¹ a Department of Internal Medicine , Northeast Ohio Medical University , Rootstown , OH , USA.
² b Division of Infectious Diseases , Cleveland Clinic Akron General Medical Center , Akron , OH , USA.
³ c Department of Biostatistics, Environmental Health Sciences, and Epidemiology, College of Public Health , Kent State University , Kent , OH , USA.
⁴ d Medicine and Research Services , Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center , Cleveland , OH , USA.
⁵ e Department of Medicine , Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine , Cleveland , OH , USA.
⁶ f Department of Pharmacology , Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine , Cleveland , OH , USA.
⁷ g Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology , Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine , Cleveland , OH , USA.

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Keywords: Colistin; agriculture; antibiotic resistance.

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