Diversified <italic toggle="yes">mcr-1</italic>-Harbouring Plasmid Reservoirs Confer Resistance to Colistin in Human Gut Microbiota
ABSTRACT Colistin is an ultimate line of refuge against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens. Very recently, the emergence of plasmid-mediated mcr-1 colistin resistance has become a great challenge to global public health, raising the possibility that dissemination of the mcr-1 gene is undere...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2016-05-01
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Series: | mBio |
Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00177-16 |