Zoha Sohail

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Introduction. Antibiotic heteroresistance presents a growing public health concern, as the phenotype is associated with treatment failure and is hard to detect using conventional diagnostic testing. Gap Statement. Heteroresistance in Klebsiella oxytoca, an opportunistic pathogen associated with hospital-acquired infections, has not been characterized. Aim. In this study, we characterized polymyxin B heteroresistance in a collection of six clinical and environmental isolates of K. oxytoca. Methodology.