Spread of mcr-1.5 in the community: an emerging threat

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 161-162

  Ishii, Yoshikazu ^a   Aoki, Kotaro ^a   Endo, Shiro ^b   Kiyota, Hiroshi ^c   Aoyagi, Tetsuji ^b   Kaku, Mitsuo ^b   Bonomo, Robert A ^d   Tateda, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Jikei University School of Medicine   (Japan)

^d LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLISTIN; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE; BLACTX-M-8 PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MCR-1 PROTEIN, E COLI;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMMUNITY; DOWN REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LETTER; MCR 1.5 GENE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UPREGULATION; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

BETA-LACTAMASES; COLISTIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS;

EID: 85037614217     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2017.10.015     Document Type: Letter

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