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Plasmid-mediated mcr-1 in carbapenem-susceptible Escherichia coli ST156 causing a blood infection: an unnoticeable spread of colistin resistance in Brazil?

OBJECTIVE: We describe an IncX4 pHC891/16mcr plasmid carrying mcr-1 in a colistin-resistant and carbapenem-susceptible E. coli isolate (HC891/16), ST156, which caused a blood infection in a Brazilian patient with gallbladder adenocarcinoma. METHODS: Strain HC891/16 was subjected to whole genome sequ...

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Autores principales: Rossi, Flavia, Girardello, Raquel, Morais, Carlos, Cury, Ana Paula, Martins, Layla Farage, da Silva, Aline Maria, Abdala, Edson, Setubal, João Carlos, da Silva Duarte, Alberto José
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5666441/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29160428
http://dx.doi.org/10.6061/clinics/2017(10)09