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At clinically achievable concentrations, COL killed\n                    <jats:italic>mcr-1<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                    strains in freshly isolated human blood and was effective as monotherapy in a murine\n                    <jats:italic>E<\/jats:italic>\n                    .\n                    <jats:italic>coli<\/jats:italic>\n                    bacteremia model. 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