Human Microbiota: a Reservoir of Plasmids Conferring Colistin Resistance
Discovery of the plasmid-borne mcr-1 gene conferring colistin resistance has compromised use of the final group of antibiotics, the polymyxins, in treating Gram-negative bacterial infections. In my last report, I documented detection of this gene in China, and then Denmark. To date, it has been dete...
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International Biological and Medical Journals Publishing House Co., Limited
2016-07-01
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| Series: | Infectious Diseases and Translational Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.tran-med.com/EN/abstract/abstract26.shtml |