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Environmental emission of multiresistant Escherichia coli carrying the colistin resistance gene mcr-1 from German swine farms.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 May 2017
Guenther Sebastian, Falgenhauer Linda, Semmler Torsten, Imirzalioglu Can, Chakraborty Trinad, Roesler Uwe, Roschanski Nicole
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Objectives: Pigs have been the focus of the worldwide spread of colistin resistance. However, there is little information on the transmission of mcr-1 -containing bacteria into the environment of pig farms. We therefore rescreened environmental Escherichia coli isolates from the surrounding farm areas of three previously mcr-1 -positive swine herds in Germany. Methods: Thirty-five mixed bacterial cultures...
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