Colistin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae carrying the mcr-1 gene among patients in Hong Kong

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1667-1669

  Wong, Sally C Y ^a   Tse, Herman ^b   Chen, Jonathan H K ^a   Cheng, Vincent C C ^a   Ho, Pak Leung ^b   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLISTIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CHILD; CITROBACTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLISTIN RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; LETTER; MCR 1 GENE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA; VERY ELDERLY; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLISTIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84988448927     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2209.160091     Document Type: Letter

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