High prevalence of the mcr-1 gene in retail chicken meat in the Netherlands in 2015

Recently, plasmid-mediated colistin resistance was reported in humans, animals and food. We studied the presence of mcr-1 and mcr-2 in Dutch retail chicken meat. The prevalence of mcr-1 was 24,8% (53/214), whereas mcr-2 was not found. The presence of mcr-1-positive Enterobacteriaceae was confirmed b...

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Autores principales: Schrauwen, Eefje J. A., Huizinga, Pepijn, van Spreuwel, Nick, Verhulst, Carlo, Kluytmans-van den Bergh, Marjolein F. Q., Kluytmans, Jan A. J. W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5563067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28828173
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-017-0242-8
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Sumario:Recently, plasmid-mediated colistin resistance was reported in humans, animals and food. We studied the presence of mcr-1 and mcr-2 in Dutch retail chicken meat. The prevalence of mcr-1 was 24,8% (53/214), whereas mcr-2 was not found. The presence of mcr-1-positive Enterobacteriaceae was confirmed by culture in 34/53 samples (64,2%). The prevalence depended on the supermarket chain and was lower in free-range chicken samples. The unexpected high prevalence of mcr-1 in food is cause for concern.

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