The Polymyxin B-Induced Transcriptomic Response Of A Clinical, Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Involves Multiple Regulatory Elements And Intracellular Targets.

BMC Genomics, 17 (Suppl 8): 737, 2016. . doi: 10.1186/s12864-016-3070-y.

The emergence of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae is a major public health concern. Many K. pneumoniae infections can only be treated when resorting to last-line drugs such as polymyxin B (PB). However, resistance to this antibiotic is also observed, although insufficient information is described on its mode of action as well as the mechanisms used by resistant bacteria to evade its effects. We aimed to study PB resistance and the influence of abiotic stresses in a clinical K. pneumoniae strain using whole transcriptome profiling.