Colistin resistance gene mcr-1 and pHNSHP45 plasmid in human isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 285-286

  Stoesser, Nicole ^a   Mathers, Amy J ^b   Moore, Catrin E ^a   Day, Nicholas P J ^c   Crook, Derrick W ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c MAHIDOL OXFORD TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MCR 1 GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; IMMUNOLOGY; PLASMID; SWINE DISEASES;

COLISTIN; POLYMYXIN;

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

EID: 84959125730     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)00010-4     Document Type: Letter

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