Emergence and Transmission of Plasmid-Mediated Mobile Colistin Resistance Gene mcr-10 in Humans and Companion Animals

ABSTRACT Mobile colistin resistance (mcr) genes mediated by plasmids have widely disseminated throughout the world. Recently, 10 mcr genes (mcr-1 to mcr-10) and a large number of variants have been identified in more than 60 countries. However, only a few instances of Enterobacter cloacae complex (E...

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Main Authors: Yi Yin, Lihao Qiu, Guizhen Wang, Zhimin Guo, Zhiqiang Wang, Jiazhang Qiu, Ruichao Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-10-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02097-22