Environmental emission of multiresistantEscherichia colicarrying the colistin resistance genemcr-1from German swine farms | Zendy

Sebastian Guenther | Zendy; Linda Falgenhauer | Zendy; Torsten Semmler | Zendy; Can Imirzalioglu | Zendy; Trinad Chakraborty | Zendy; Uwe Roesler | Zendy; Nicole Roschanski | Zendy

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Environmental emission of multiresistantEscherichia colicarrying the colistin resistance genemcr-1from German swine farms

Author(s) -

Sebastian Guenther,

Linda Falgenhauer,

Torsten Semmler,

Can Imirzalioglu,

Trinad Chakraborty,

Uwe Roesler,

Nicole Roschanski

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkw585

Subject(s) - escherichia coli , biology , colistin , plasmid , microbiology and biotechnology , mcr 1 , pathogenic escherichia coli , genotyping , antibiotic resistance , typing , feces , bacteria , enterobacteriaceae , antimicrobial , gene , genotype , antibiotics , genetics

Pigs have been the focus of the worldwide spread of colistin resistance. However, there is little information on the transmission of mcr-1 -containing bacteria into the environment of pig farms. We therefore rescreened environmental Escherichia coli isolates from the surrounding farm areas of three previously mcr-1 -positive swine herds in Germany.

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