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Locally Acquired mcr-1 in Escherichia coli, Australia, 2011 and 2013
23 May 2017
Abstract excerpt
We identified discrete importation events of the mcr-1 gene on incompatibility group IncI2 plasmids in Escherichia coli isolated from patients in New South Wales, Australia, in 2011 and 2013. mcr-1 is present in a small minority of colistin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae and appears not to be established locally.
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