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Genomic and Molecular Characterization of Clinical Isolates of Enterobacteriaceae Harboring <i>mcr-1</i> in Colombia, 2002 to 2016
12 Sept 2017
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ABSTRACT Polymyxins are last-resort antimicrobial agents used to treat infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae . Due to the worldwide dissemination of polymyxin resistance in animal and human isolates, we aimed to characterize polymyxin resistance associated with the presence of mcr-1 in Enterobacteriaceae and nonfermenter Gram-negative bacilli, using isolates collected retrospectively in...
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