Heterogeneous and Flexible Transmission of mcr-1 in Hospital-Associated Escherichia coli

Heterogeneous and Flexible Transmission of mcr-1 in Hospital-Associated Escherichia coli

The recent emergence of a transferable colistin resistance mechanism, MCR-1, has gained global attention because of its threat to clinical treatment of infections caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. However, the possible transmission route of mcr-1 among Enterobacteriaceae species...

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Main Authors: Yingbo Shen, Zuowei Wu, Yang Wang, Rong Zhang, Hong-Wei Zhou, Shaolin Wang, Lei Lei, Mei Li, Jiachang Cai, Jonathan Tyrrell, Guo-Bao Tian, Congming Wu, Qijing Zhang, Jianzhong Shen, Timothy R. Walsh, Zhangqi Shen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018-07-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
E. coli
genetic diversity
mcr-1
population genomics
transmission
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00943-18

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https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00943-18

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