High Prevalence of Colistin-Resistant <named-content content-type="genus-species">Escherichia coli</named-content> with Chromosomally Carried <italic toggle="yes">mcr-1</italic> in Healthy Residents in Vietnam

High Prevalence of Colistin-Resistant <named-content content-type="genus-species">Escherichia coli</named-content> with Chromosomally Carried <italic toggle="yes">mcr-1</italic> in Healthy Residents in Vietnam

ABSTRACT The wide distribution of colistin-resistant bacteria in developing countries has become a common phenomenon. To understand the mechanisms underlying their distribution, we studied the mcr genetic background of colistin-resistant Escherichia coli isolates from the fecal microbiota of healthy...

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Main Authors: Takahiro Yamaguchi, Ryuji Kawahara, Kouta Hamamoto, Itaru Hirai, Diep Thi Khong, Thang Nam Nguyen, Hoa Thi Tran, Daisuke Motooka, Shota Nakamura, Yoshimasa Yamamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-04-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
Escherichia coli
Vietnam
chromosomal mcr
colistin resistance
residents
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00117-20

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