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PRONUNCIATION OF COLISTIN

colistin  [kəˈlɪstɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COLISTIN

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Colistin is a noun.
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WHAT DOES COLISTIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Colistin

Colistin is a polymyxin antibiotic produced by certain strains of Bacillus polymyxa var. colistinus. Colistin is a mixture of cyclic polypeptides colistin A and B. Colistin is effective against most Gram-negative bacilli and is used as a polypeptide antibiotic. Colistin is a decades-old drug that fell out of favor due to its nephrotoxicity. It remains one of the last-resort antibiotics for multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Acinetobacter. NDM-1 metallo-β-lactamase multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae have also shown susceptibility to Colistin.

Definition of colistin in the English dictionary

The definition of colistin in the dictionary is a polymyxin antibiotic.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COLISTIN


asbestine
æsˈbɛstɪn
Augustine
ɔːˈɡʌstɪn
Austen
ˈɒstɪn
Austin
ˈɒstɪn
celestine
ˈselɪstɪn
clandestine
klænˈdɛstɪn
destine
ˈdɛstɪn
elastin
ɪˈlæstɪn
extine
ˈɛkstɪn
intestine
ɪnˈtɛstɪn
nonclandestine
ˌnɒnklænˈdɛstɪn
predestine
priːˈdɛstɪn
progestin
prəˈdʒɛstɪn
thromboplastin
ˌθrɒmbəʊˈplæstɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COLISTIN

colibri
colic
colicin
colicine
colicky
colicroot
colicweed
colies
coliform
coliform bacteria
Coligni
Coligny
Colima
colin
colinearity
coliphage
coliseum
colitic
colitis
coll

WORDS THAT END LIKE COLISTIN

actin
biotin
bulletin
cake tin
chromatin
Curtin
gelatin
gratin
keratin
Latin
martin
matin
patin
Putin
rutin
Saint Martin
Saint-Quentin
satin
tin
Tintin

Synonyms and antonyms of colistin in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «colistin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COLISTIN

Find out the translation of colistin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of colistin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «colistin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

多粘菌素
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

colistina
570 millions of speakers

English

colistin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

colistin
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كوليستين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

колистин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

colistina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

colistin
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

colistine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Colistin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Colistin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

コリスチン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

콜리 스틴
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kolistin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

colistin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

colistin
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Colistin
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kolistin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

colistina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kolistynę
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

колістин
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

colistin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κολιστίνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

colistin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kolistin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kolistin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of colistin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COLISTIN»

The term «colistin» is regularly used and occupies the 58.895 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COLISTIN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about colistin

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COLISTIN»

Discover the use of colistin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to colistin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Antibiotic Essentials 2012
Serum bactericidal activity of three different dosing regimens of colistin with implications for optimum clinical use. JChemother 22:175–178, 2010. Deryke CA, Crawford AJ, Uddin N, et al. Colistin dosing and nephrotoxicity in a large community ...
Burke A. Cunha, 2012
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Toxicological Evaluation of Certain Veterinary Drug Residues ...
Structure of colistin □;l l>;ih >l.lhi > I..-.I. IXii- >V":I IV. >ii,::l I >;t! □ > I) I cti 'I.U'.i Mull !):□> >l:-'ll.l)jh > I I )i_ ; Ml- •□□ Ml- Colistin has bactericidal activity as a result of binding to the outer cell membrane with subsequent disruption of the cell  ...
World Health Organization, 2006
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Residue Evaluation of Certain Veterinary Drugs: Joint ...
According to the European Pharmacopoeia (5.0, 01/2005:0319), one mg of colistin methanesulfonate should not have a potency less than 1 1,500 IU. From the definition of the IU, the material contains 20500 IU/mg. A sponsor has analysed ...
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives. Meeting, 2006
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Evaluation of Certain Veterinary Drug Residues in Food: ...
Pure colistin base has been assigned a potency of 30000IU/mg. An International Standard for colistin sulfate is prepared to contain 20500IU/mg. Sodium colistin methanesulfonate should not have a potency less than 11500IU/mg. Colistin has  ...
World Health Organization, 2006
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HPLC Methods for Recently Approved Pharmaceuticals
... determination. J.Liq.Chromatogr. 1993, 16, 513–520, other details are identical .) KEY WORDS matrix solid-phase dispersion; SPE Colistin Molecular formula: C58H105N16Na5O28S5 (colistin A sodium methanesulfonate) Molecular weight:  ...
George Lunn, 2005
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Index Nominum 2000: International Drug Directory
con® — ▻ Dimeticone film® — ▻ Loperamide foam® — ▻ Hydrocortisone fossim® — > Cefuroxime gel® -» Colistin micina® — » Colistin mune® — » Cromoglicic Acid mycin® — » Chloramphenicol mycine® — » Colistin -Mycin M®  ...
‎2000
7
European Respiratory Monograph 53: Nosocomial and ...
Colistin is such an old antibiotic that it is unfamiliar to most clinicians, so it can almost be considered a new antibiotic. The emergence of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative Enterobacteriaceae has led to an urgent search for alternative ...
A. Torres, S. Ewig, 2011
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Integrating and Articulating Environments
While several polymyxins exist, only polymyxin B and E (also known as colistin) are used clinically. The latter compounds, like bacitracin (see Chapter 77, Bacitracin and Grami- cidin), have a polypeptide structure. The structures of polymyxin B ...
F. Adaman, F. Goksen, J. Grolin, 2003
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Advances in Pneumonia Research and Treatment: 2011 Edition: ...
“Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) as a result of multidrug-resistant Gram- negative bacteria has contributed to the revival of the use of intravenous (iv) colistin. However, the additional administration of inhaled colistin for VAP is ...
‎2012
10
Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2013
Duncan IB (1974) Susceptibility of 1,500 isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to gentamicin, carbenicillin, colistin, and polymixin B. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 5:9—1 5 2. Li J, Nation RL, Milne RW, Turnidge J, Coulthard K (2005) ...
Jean-Louis Vincent, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COLISTIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term colistin is used in the context of the following news items.
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Prevalence of Klebsiella pneumoniae strains producing …
Prevalence of Klebsiella pneumoniae strains producing carbapenemases and increase of resistance to colistin in an Italian teaching hospital ... «7thSpace Interactive, Jun 15»
2
Azithromycin proves strikingly effective against drug-resistant …
Even more striking, the drug-resistant superbugs were completely wiped out when azithromycin was paired with the antibiotic colistin or with ... «European Pharmaceutical Review, Jun 15»
3
A microscopic view of the superbug Klebsiella pneumoniae …
Monash University research has allowed doctors to use Colistin, last used in the 1970s, to treat KPC patients despite kidney damage being a ... «The Australian, Jun 15»
4
Implementation of a vaccine against Shigatoxin 2e in a piglet …
In order to combat the disease, the metaphylactic use of colistin sulphate and zinc oxide is widely spread. Additionally, special feeding ... «7thSpace Interactive, Jun 15»
5
Drug development critical to combating antibiotic resistance
Kaye and colleagues also are working with polymyxin B and colistin. “We're trying to figure out how we can best use some of our remaining active drugs to ... «Healio, Jun 15»
6
Achaogen: An Undervalued Antibiotics Pharma Company
Colistin is a polymyxin antibiotic that has been used for a decades, but causes serious nephrotoxicity. Despite this toxicity colistin is seeing ... «Seeking Alpha, Jun 15»
7
Antibiotics misuse is a public health threat
Some of the samples even had a presence of antibiotics such as colistin, known as a last-resort antibiotic. “Colistin is largely used as a growth ... «Khaleej Times, Jun 15»
8
Widely used antibiotic 'could counter superbugs' in medical U-turn
... drug-resistant superbugs were "completely wiped out" when azithromycin was paired with the antibiotic colistin or with antimicrobial peptides ... «Medical News Today, Jun 15»
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Researchers in UK say they can detect antibiotic resistance in 30 …
... when azithromycin was combined with the antibiotic, colistin, or with antimicrobial peptides that the body naturally produces during infection. «DOTmed.com, Jun 15»
10
Par Specialty Pharmaceuticals Launches Cortisporin®-TC Otic …
... today announced the launch of Cortisporin®-TC Otic Suspension (colistin sulfate - neomycin sulfate - thonzonium bromide - hydrocortisone ... «PR Newswire, May 15»

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