Open AccessFeatures of the mcr-1 Cassette Related to Colistin Resistance
Author(s) -
Katrin Zurfluh,
Nicolas Kieffer,
Laurent Poirel,
Patrice Nordmann,
Roger Stephan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07
H-Index - 259
eISSN - 1070-6283
pISSN - 0066-4804
DOI - 10.1128/aac.01519-16
Subject(s) - mcr 1 , colistin , plasmid , gene , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , genetics , enterobacteriaceae , antibiotics , escherichia coli
The recent description of the plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene, mcr-1 , in strains isolated from food animals, food and humans in China was a signal for an avalanche of retrospective and prospective studies investigating the occurrence of this specific gene (1).…
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