Emergence of the colistin resistance<i>mcr-1</i>determinant in commensal<i>Escherichia coli</i>from residents of long-term-care facilities in Italy: Table 1.

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Sir, Polymyxins, such as colistin and polymyxin B, are currently used as last-resource antibiotics in the treatment of infections caused by MDR Gram-negative bacteria.1 Recently, Liu et al.2 reported for the first time the identification of the plasmid-located colistin resistance gene mcr-1 in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae from both animal and human sources in China. Subsequently, other...

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