Characterisation of the plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene mcr-1 in Escherichia coli isolated from animals in Egypt

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 413-414

  Khalifa, Hazim O ^a,b   Ahmed, Ashraf M ^a,b   Oreiby, Atef F ^b   Eid, Amal M ^c   Shimamoto, Toshi ^a   Shimamoto, Tadashi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kafrelsheikh University   (Egypt)

^c ANIMAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; DORIPENEM; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; MCR 1 PROTEIN; MEROPENEM; NALIDIXIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MCR-1 PROTEIN, E COLI;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EGYPT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MCR 1 GENE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLISTIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EGYPT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 84964579401     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2016.02.011     Document Type: Letter

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