Occurrence of mcr-1 in colistin-resistant Salmonella enterica isolates recovered from humans and animals in Italy, 2012 to 2015

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 7532-7534

  Carnevali, Chiara ^a   Morganti, Marina ^a   Scaltriti, Erika ^a   Bolzoni, Luca ^a   Pongolini, Stefano ^a   Casadei, Gabriele ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLORFENICOL; MCR 1 PROTEIN; MEROPENEM; POLYMYXIN; PROTEIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COLISTIN;

AMPLICON; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COLISTIN RESISTANT SALMONELLA ENTERICA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FOOD; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; ITALY; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLISTIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; ITALY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 84996536703     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01803-16     Document Type: Letter

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