Screening for fecal carriage of MCR-producing Enterobacteriaceae in healthy humans and primary care patients

Screening for fecal carriage of MCR-producing Enterobacteriaceae in healthy humans and primary care patients

Abstract Background The extent of the occurrence of the plasmid-encoded colistin resistance genes mcr-1 and mcr-2 among humans is currently sparsely studied in Western Europe. Objectives To determine the occurrence of MCR-producing Enterobacteriaceae in fecal samples of healthy humans with high occu...

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Main Authors: Katrin Zurfluh, Roger Stephan, Andreas Widmer, Laurent Poirel, Patrice Nordmann, Hans-Jakob Nüesch, Herbert Hächler, Magdalena Nüesch-Inderbinen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-03-01
Series:Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Subjects:
Colistin
MCR
Fecal carriage
Population
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13756-017-0186-z

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