The colistin resistance mcr-1 gene is going wild

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 2335-2336

  Liakopoulos, Apostolos ^a   Mevius, Dik J ^a,b   Olsen, Björn ^c   Bonnedahl, Jonas ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KALMAR COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; NALIDIXIC ACID; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MCR-1 PROTEIN, E COLI;

AMPLICON; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; LETTER; MCR-1 GENE; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; CHARADRIIFORMES; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FECES; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PLASMID; TRANSMISSION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHARADRIIFORMES; COLISTIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; HUMANS; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84982193806     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkw262     Document Type: Letter

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