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Colistin is a cationic polypeptide antibiotic of the polymyxin family that is rapidly bactericidal to Gram-negative bacteria.
Earlier also the antibodies against 70 kDa IROMPs of Neisseria meningitidis have been shown to be bactericidal [ 9 ] . These antibodies may have a role as protective antibodies in the course of infection inside a human host.
Bactericidal assay
We selected it for this study because it is rapidly bactericidal, functions well at elevated physiological salt concentrations such as those that may occur in the CF lung, and has a broad spectrum of activity [ 21 22 23 ] . PG-1's antiparallel β-hairpin structure and antimicrobial activity in physiological and elevated salt concentrations are maintained by its two intramolecular cystine disulfide bonds [ 21 24 25 26 27 28 ] . The antimicrobial spectrum of PG-1 includes Chlamydia trachomatis , Candida albicans , Escherichia coli , Fusobacterium nucleatum, Haemophilus ducreyi , Listeria monocytogenes , Neisseria gonorrhoeae , Porphyromonas gingivalis , Prevotella intermedia , P. aeruginosa , and Staphylococcus aureus [ 20 22 25 29 30 31 32 ] .
A recent study that reported that colistin methanosulfate is less rapidly bactericidal than is colistin in P. aeruginosa [ 14 ] offers retrospective justification for the higher dosage used in our ICU.