First detected human case in Algeria of mcr-1 plasmid-mediated colistin resistance in a 2011 Escherichia coli isolate

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 6996-6997

  Berrazeg, Meryem ^a   Hadjadj, Linda ^a   Ayad, Amel ^b   Drissi, Mourad ^b   Rolain, Jean Marc ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TLEMCEN   (Algeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLISTIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MCR-1 PROTEIN, E COLI;

ALGERIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; EPSILOMETER TEST; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; LETTER; MCR 1 GENE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ALGERIA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLISTIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84994494292     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01117-16     Document Type: Letter

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