Short report colistin-resistant Escherichia coli clinical isolate harbouring the mcr-1 gene in Ecuador

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 144, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 2967-2970

  Ortega Paredes, D ^a   Barba, P ^a   Zurita, J ^a,b  

^a Unidad de Investigaciones en Biomedicina Zurita and Zurita Laboratorios   (Ecuador)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Escherichia coli; MCR 1

Indexed keywords

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

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLA CTX M 55 GENE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMENSAL ESCHERICHIA COLI; ECUADOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MCR 1 GENE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL FLUID; ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENETICS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDICITIS; COLISTIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ECUADOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 85027933032     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268816001369     Document Type: Article

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