High Rate of MCR-1–Producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae among Pigs, Portugal

The mcr-1 (mobile colistin resistance 1) gene, which encodes phosphoethanolamine transferase, has been recently identified as a source of acquired resistance to polymyxins in Escherichia coli. Using the SuperPolymyxin selective medium, we prospectively screened 100 pigs at 2 farms in Portugal for po...

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Autores principales: Kieffer, Nicolas, Aires-de-Sousa, Marta, Nordmann, Patrice, Poirel, Laurent
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5708242/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29148380
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2312.170883

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5708242/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29148380
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2312.170883

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