TABLE 1 .
Strain | Source and comments (reference) |
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ATCC 17978 | Isolated from cerebral spinal fluid in 1951 from a 4-mo-old with fatal meningitis (61) |
HUMC1 | Blood and sputum clinical isolate |
HUMC4 | Deep endotracheal aspirate clinical isolate |
HUMC5 | Bronchoalveolar lavage clinical isolate |
HUMC6 | Sputum clinical isolate |
HUMC12 | Wound infection clinical isolate |
R2 | Laboratory-derived colistin-resistant mutant derived by serial passage of ATCC 1798 in colistin; pmrBT235I |
C14 | Polymyxin-resistant clinical isolate |
HUMC strains are described in reference 42; R2 and C14 are described in reference 43.