Characterisation of mobile colistin resistance genes (mcr-3 and mcr-5) in river and storm water in regions of the Western Cape of South Africa

BACKGROUND: Colistin is regarded as a last-resort antimicrobial against multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacteria (GNB), therefore the dissemination of colistin resistance in the environment is of great concern. Horizontal transfer of mobile colistin resistance (mcr) genes to potential pathogens p...

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Autores principales: Snyman, Yolandi, Whitelaw, Andrew C., Barnes, Jo M., Maloba, Motlatji R. B., Newton-Foot, Mae
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8244157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34187559
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-021-00963-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8244157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34187559
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-021-00963-2

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