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Evidence of colistin resistance genes (mcr-1 and mcr-2) in wild birds and its public health implication in Egypt

BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial resistance has become one of the most severe global threats to human and veterinary Medicine. colistin is an effective therapeutic agent against multi-drug-resistant pathogens. However, the discovery of transferable plasmids that confer resistance to colistin (mcr-1) has le...

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Autores principales: Ahmed, Zeinab S., Elshafiee, Esraa A., Khalefa, Hanan S., Kadry, Mona, Hamza, Dalia A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6892208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31827778
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-019-0657-5