Fusion plasmid carrying the colistin resistance gene mcr of Escherichia coli isolated from healthy residents

ABSTRACT: Objectives: The extensive spread of colistin resistance represents an enormous concern to infectious disease treatment, because colistin is one of the few effective antibiotics against multidrug-resistant bacterial infections, including carbapenem-resistant bacteria. This dissemination ca...

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Main Authors: Hoa Thi Thanh Hoang, Ayano Higashi, Takahiro Yamaguchi, Ryuji Kawahara, Manuel Calvopina, Andres Bastidas-Caldés, Mayumi Yamamoto, Yoshimasa Yamamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-09-01
Series:Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213716522001424