Investigation of a plasmid genome database for colistin-resistance gene mcr-1

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 284-285

  Suzuki, Satowa ^a   Ohnishi, Mamoru ^b   Kawanishi, Michiko ^a,c   Akiba, Masato ^d   Kuroda, Makoto ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b Ohnishi Laboratory of Veterinary Microbiology   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY ASSAY LABORATORY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLISTIN; PLASMID DNA; POLYMYXIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEQUENCE DATABASE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; IMMUNOLOGY; SWINE DISEASES;

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

EID: 84959110359     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)00008-6     Document Type: Letter

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