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High Rates of Human Fecal Carriage of mcr-1–Positive Multidrug-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Emerge in China in Association With Successful Plasmid Families
7 Oct 2017
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Background: mcr-1-mediated colistin resistance in Enterobacteriaceae is concerning, as colistin is used in treating multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae infections. We identified trends in human fecal mcr-1-positivity rates and colonization with mcr-1-positive, third-generation cephalosporin-resistant (3GC-R) Enterobacteriaceae in Guangzhou, China, and investigated the genetic contexts of mcr-1 in...
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