Dissemination of the mcr-1 colistin resistance gene

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 147-149

  Arcilla, Maris S ^a   van Hattem, Jarne M ^b   Matamoros, Sebastien ^b   Melles, Damian C ^a   Penders, John ^d   de Jong, Menno D ^b   Schultsz, Constance ^b,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLISTIN; POLYMYXIN;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DIARRHEA; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MEDICAL CARE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; IMMUNOLOGY; PLASMID; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALS; COLISTIN; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; POLYMYXINS; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84957442816     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00541-1     Document Type: Letter

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