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Multicenter prospective study on the prevalence of colistin resistance in Escherichia coli: relevance of mcr-1-positive clinical isolates in Lombardy, Northern Italy

BACKGROUND: The emergence of the plasmid-mediated colistin resistance mechanism in Escherichia coli has raised concern among public health experts as colistin is a last-line antimicrobial resort. The primary aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence of this resistance trait in E. coli isola...

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Autores principales: Principe, Luigi, Piazza, Aurora, Mauri, Carola, Anesi, Adriano, Bracco, Silvia, Brigante, Gioconda, Casari, Erminia, Agrappi, Carlo, Caltagirone, Mariasofia, Novazzi, Federica, Migliavacca, Roberta, Pagani, Laura, Luzzaro, Francesco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5849922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29563818
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S160489