Drug Resistance Updates
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 132-138 , August 2010

Resistance to polymyxins: Mechanisms, frequency and treatment options

  • Matthew E. Falagas

      Affiliations

    • Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Athens, Greece
    • Department of Medicine, Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens, Greece
    • Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), 9 Neapoleos Street, 15 123, Marousi, Greece. Tel.: +30 694 611 0000; fax: +30 210 683 9605.
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  • Petros I. Rafailidis

      Affiliations

    • Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Athens, Greece
    • Department of Medicine, Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens, Greece
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  • Dimitrios K. Matthaiou

      Affiliations

    • Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Athens, Greece
    • Department of Medicine, “G. Gennimatas” General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

Received 27 April 2010 ,Revised 24 May 2010 ,Accepted 24 May 2010.

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PII: S1368-7646(10)00031-2

doi: 10.1016/j.drup.2010.05.002

Drug Resistance Updates
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 132-138 , August 2010