"Colistin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Cyclic polypeptide antibiotic from Bacillus colistinus. It is composed of Polymyxins E1 and E2 (or Colistins A, B, and C) which act as detergents on cell membranes. Colistin is less toxic than Polymyxin B, but otherwise similar; the methanesulfonate is used orally.
| Descriptor ID |
D003091
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.345.566.780.110 D10.477.750.110 D12.644.050.600.110 D12.644.641.780.110 D12.776.543.695.054.600.110
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| Concept/Terms |
Colistin- Colistin
- Colisticin
- Polymyxin E
- Colimycin
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Colistin" by people in Profiles.
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Manual Reading of Sensititre Broth Microdilution System Panels Improves Accuracy of Susceptibility Reporting for Polymyxin Antibiotics. J Clin Microbiol. 2021 08 18; 59(9):e0033221.
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Genetic Variants Contributing to Colistin Cytotoxicity: Identification of TGIF1 and HOXD10 Using a Population Genomics Approach. Int J Mol Sci. 2017 Mar 18; 18(3).
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Rapid antimicrobial susceptibility test for identification of new therapeutics and drug combinations against multidrug-resistant bacteria. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2016 Nov 09; 5(11):e116.
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Cell cycle arrest in a model of colistin nephrotoxicity. Physiol Genomics. 2013 Oct 01; 45(19):877-88.