Although the use of colistin is considered to be effective, other antibiotics are often used in combination with colistin. Many studies have shown good outcomes for patients treated with colistin ...

Analysis of data from 537 US hospitals found that ceftolozane-tazobactam and ceftazidime-avibactam are the most frequently ...

Colistin is a broad-spectrum, 'last resort' antibiotic used to treat multidrug-resistant infections in humans. Despite its critical importance in human health, it used to be widely used in ...

But neither the babies nor their mothers had been treated with colistin. Colistin is one of the last remaining antibiotics ...

Widespread resistance to β-lactams and other antibiotics has resulted in the use of colistin, a polymyxin class antibiotic, as a last resort drug for treatment of multi-drug resistant infections. The ...

The FDA has approved Emblaveo with metronidazole for patients with complicated intra-abdominal infections and limited options.

Plasmid borne genes encoding modifying enzymes such as beta-lactamases, that confer resistance to penicillins and related antibiotics, or, more recently, phosphoethanolamine transferases, that confer ...

The Indian government is reportedly looking at banning the antibiotic Colistin, which is used as a growth-promoting agent for animals, LiveMint reported. The drug in question is linked to ...