Location of colistin resistance gene mcr-1 in Enterobacteriaceae from livestock and meat

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 2340-2342

  Veldman, Kees ^a   van Essen Zandbergen, Alieda ^a   Rapallini, Michel ^b   Wit, Ben ^b   Heymans, Raymond ^b   van Pelt, Wilfrid ^c   Mevius, Dik ^a,d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Voedsel en Waren Autoriteit Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLISTIN; MCR 1 PROTEIN; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MCR-1 PROTEIN, E COLI;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CHICKEN MEAT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVESTOCK; MEAT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR ANATUM; SALMONELLA JAVA; SALMONELLA SCHWARTZENGRUND; TURKEY MEAT; VEAL; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; BOVINE; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NETHERLANDS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOMES; COLISTIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIVESTOCK; MEAT; NETHERLANDS; SALMONELLA; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84977506346     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkw181     Document Type: Letter

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